In the struggle for the right to investigate the assassination of Xiangwang, Wu Sansi finally fell behind, and failed to compete for the rare tacit understanding between Shangguan Wan'er and Princess Taiping, and finally Neiwei and Dali Temple joined forces to investigate the assassination of Xiangwang.

This made Wu Sansi's intention to use the assassination case of Xiangwang to make a fuss, but Wu Sansi had another worry, once Li Zhen found out the truth of the assassination, what should he do?

Wu Sansi sat at the small table in the inner study, squinting at a small golden bottle on the table, the bottle was very small, at most it could only hold half a tael of wine, but the bottle was not filled with wine, but the red gold that once made the Luoyang court and the opposition smell poison.

This is the last bit of red practice gold from Wu Yanxiu's hands, which has become powder, but unfortunately the amount is too small, only a small half bottle is contained, and this small half bottle of red practice gold has become Wu Sansi's treasure, and he will not take it out until the critical time.

Mr. Ming sat on the other side, did not disturb Wu Sansi's contemplation, Mr. Ming knew Wu Sansi's mind very well, since he teamed up with Shangguan Wan'er to bring down Wu Chenghei and eliminate one of the biggest competitors, Wu Sansi's ambition to inherit the unification has become more and more intense.

There are no enemies in the family, and the only mountains in front of them are Li Dan, the king of Xiang, and Li Xian, the king of Luling, both of whom are the biological sons of the saint, and if they want to win the throne in the end, these two mountains cannot be bypassed, and they must be trampled underfoot.

Wu Sansi even unscrupulous in order to compete for the throne, acting can be described as despicable, which makes Mr. Ming more or less worried, sometimes the conspiracy will be eaten by it after using too much, but Mr. Ming does not dare to persuade more, many times he has to follow Wu Sansi's thoughts, try to make Wu Sansi's despicable means a little more hidden.

"I'm thinking—"

Wu Sansi sighed, with a look of remorse on his face, "I knew that Li Dan had a snow clam pill, so I should have used Chilian Gold directly, and I blamed me for worrying too much." ”

"Your Highness, the matter has come to this point, don't blame yourself, now you have to find a way to deal with the aftermath, and wait for the opportunity later. ”

Wu Sansi nodded, it was useless to regret it now, but it didn't seem so easy to deal with the aftermath, he pondered for a while and said: "I just got the latest news, Li Zhen went to Luo Zhutang in the afternoon, I think it should be that he is beginning to doubt that pearl." ”

Mr. Ming smiled slightly, "He is an extremely shrewd person, and he has a deep understanding of Chi Lianjin, I believe that he will definitely find out the secret of that pearl, and follow the trajectory arranged by His Highness to investigate all the way, and finally kill that person in Lingnan." ”

Wu Sansi showed a smug look in his eyes, if Li Zhenzhen forced Wu Chengsi to death, this account would have to be counted on the head of the Li royal family, arousing the anger of the Wu family, which would help him finally unify the Wu family, which could be described as killing two birds with one stone.

"This is the clever strategy of the gentleman," Wu Sansi praised.

Mr. Ming thought for a while and said, "Although Li Zhen's attention was attracted by that pearl, Huo Zhishan was a hidden danger, His Highness must find him as soon as possible and get rid of him." ”

"Mr. is right, although Huo Zhishan doesn't know that the person behind the scenes is me, but the pearl is deliberately discarded by him, he will tell Li Zhen that the pearl is a trap, it will ruin my big thing, and he really can't be left. ”

At this time, there was a guard outside the door who reported: "Lord Qiyu, come to Zhongcheng to ask for a meeting"

Wu Sansi nodded, and it was quick to come to Junchen, so he ordered: "Please ask him to wait in my outer study." ”

Wu Sansi smiled at Mr. Ming again: "Sir, why don't you go with me"

"I won't just go, so as not to be too distracted by Junchen. ”

Mr. Ming smiled and said, "Lai Junchen is a good knife, and the prince needs to make good use of him." ”

Lai Junchen was invited to the outer study, and as soon as he sat down, Wu Sansi's laughter came from outside the door, "I'm sorry for slacking off to come to Zhongcheng."

Lai Junchen hurriedly stood up, only to see Wu Sansi walking in with a smile on his face, Lai Junchen hurriedly bowed and saluted, "See His Royal Highness King Liang."

"It's too polite to come to Zhongcheng. ”

Wu Sansi stepped forward to take Lai Junchen's hand, and said with a warm smile: "It's also my honor to invite Lai Zhongcheng to my mansion."

Wu Sansi's smile is warm, the tone is sincere, it is hard to imagine, more than a month is that he wrote to impeach Lai Junchen, which caused an uproar in the whole dynasty, and even Lai Junchen couldn't bear Wu Sansi's excessive enthusiasm, and it was really uncomfortable to be held by him.

Lai Junchen withdrew his hand, smiled reluctantly and said, "It's also an honor to be humble." ”

"Please sit down. ”

Wu Sansi invited Junchen to sit down, and ordered the maid to serve tea, Wu Sansi asked with concern: "I heard that I came to Zhongcheng to search the Pure Land Temple last night, but what happened?"

Lai Junchen was stunned, he didn't expect Wu Sansi to be so well-informed, he showed a trace of embarrassment on his face, sighed and said: "It seems that the information is wrong, Li Zhen's secret place is not in the Pure Land Temple." ”

Wu Sansi pondered for a moment and said, "Do you think that the oath list is still in Li Zhen's hands?"

Lai Junchen nodded, "I think he must have gotten it, there are only two possibilities, he will either hand it over to Li Dan or Li Xian, or it will still be in his hands, I personally prefer the latter, it's just a matter of where it is hidden." ”

"But even if the list is in his hands, Lai Zhongcheng will conduct a large-scale search of the Pure Land Temple, won't this remind him that he will let Lai Zhongcheng find it again?"

Lai Junchen was silent, this was indeed what he was worried about, his search for the Pure Land Temple would definitely be known to Li Zhen, which was tantamount to telling Li Zhen that he was looking for his secret treasure, and his secret investigation could not go on.

Wu Sansi took a sip of tea, and said slowly: "I also got some news, which may disappoint Lai Zhongcheng." ”

"Your Highness, please speak"

"I heard that Li Zhen has returned all the letters to the royal families, of course, this is just my guess, but the only thing I can be sure of is that Li Zhen has returned the correspondence between Princess Taiping and Li Yuanjia to Princess Taiping herself. ”

"How does Your Highness know?" asked Lai Junchen suspiciously.

"You don't have to ask about this, someone told me, but I want to remind Lai Zhongcheng, since he has returned all the letters, do you think he will still keep that list in his hands? Or will Li Dan and Li Xian allow Li Zhen to keep that list?"

Lai Junchen's heart suddenly sank into the abyss, this was the result of his greatest fear, if the letters and lists were gone, how could he explain to the saints?

Lai Junchen only felt upset for a while, and after a while, he gritted his teeth and said: "If Xingtang will not be destroyed, can His Highness inherit the unification with peace of mind?"

This sentence was said very explicitly, Wu Sansi's face changed, and he snorted heavily, "When do I want to inherit the unification?"

"I'm sorry, I'm a little confused, and I didn't speak properly, please forgive me. Lai Junchen knew that he had lost his words, and quickly apologized.

Wu Sansi wasn't really angry, he just pretended to be high, he saw the disappointment and anxiety of Lai Junchen, so he said seriously: "If you want to destroy the Xingtang Society, you don't necessarily have to stare at Li Zhen, this person won't leave any handles, why not change the target? For example, a certain royal family, since Li Yuanjia has a gold medal in the Xingtang Society, and then find a royal family with a gold medal in the Xingtang Society, isn't there a relationship between the two?"

Of course, this is not Wu Sansi's strategy, but Mr. Ming's suggestion, a sentence immediately reminded Lai Junchen, yes, he has Li Yuanjia's Xingtang Club gold medal, why not make full use of it? Lai Junchen's eyes seemed to open a new window, which made him suddenly brightened, he hurriedly got up and saluted, "Thank you Your Highness for your golden words, I am very grateful."

"If you really appreciate me, do me a small favor," Wu Sansi said with a smile.

"Your Highness, please say, you can only do it with humble functions, and you will never shirk"

"That's the case, I suspect that Wu Chengsi assassinated Li Dan, but he failed to assassinate him, Li Dan has a personal guard named Huo Zhishan, this person is a key person, but now he has escaped, I have sent people to search around, and the internal guards and Dali Temple are also searching for this person with all their might, can you invite Junchen to help too." ”

Lai Junchen understood, and immediately said: "Humble position, we will arrange competent people to search for this Huo Zhishan." ”

There is a small village about ten miles northwest of Xingyang County, called Tiger Prison Village, named because it is close to Tiger Prison Pass, the village is very small, only fifty or sixty households, mainly with Yang and Huo surnames, in the easternmost part of the village is a house that covers an area of more than ten acres, this is the home of Huo Jian, the patriarch of the Huo clan.

Huo Jian is over sixty years old, his health is deteriorating, he rarely shows up, and the position of patriarch is also succeeded by his eldest son Huo Zhizhu, Huo Jian has married three wives in his life, each wife gave birth to a son to him, the eldest son Huo Zhizhu lives with his father and is ready to inherit the family business, and the second son Huo Zhifu opened a wine shop in the county, and the business is quite prosperous.

The youngest son Huo Zhishan is the most proud of Huo Jian, he has learned art since he was a child, practiced a strong martial arts, and is currently working as a guard in the palace in the capital, it is said that he is the personal guard of the king of Xiang, no matter who goes to the capital in the village, Huo Jian will let him bring a letter to his son, the letter is fake, and it is true to show off his son's status.

Although Huo Jian is not in good health and rarely goes out, on a sunny day, everyone will see him sitting under an old locust tree near the gate to rest, but it seems to be a little wrong recently, some careful villagers have not seen him for a while, and even his grandson has not gone out to play, which makes the neighbors inevitably have some suspicions.

That night, the clouds were thick and windy, the stars and the moon were covered, the night was extremely dark, a black shadow quietly approached the Huo family, the black shadow did not knock on the door, but climbed over the high wall with some difficulty, jumped into the wall, the back of the old locust tree outside the gate, but there was another black shadow, he clinged to the tree, and listened attentively to the movement in the yard.

At this moment, a long scream broke out in the courtyard, and then someone cried, "Spare me, I'm not Huo Zhishan." ”