Zhao Qiuniang had already led more than a dozen internal guard warriors to Li Zhen's mansion first, temporarily gathering the people in the mansion into a room in the backyard, and Zhao Qiuniang was asking a female internal guard warrior who had lived in the mansion for a long time.

In order to ensure the safety of Li Zhen's family, Shangguan Wan'er specially arranged for two internal guard warriors to live in Li Zhen's mansion for a long time, both of them belonged to the hidden guards, one was originally a bartender in the left bank wine shop, named Liang Xing, and now a coachman in Li Zhen's mansion, and the other was a woman, called Han Juan'er, who was originally one of the registered female disciples of Gongsun Auntie, who was born poor and is now Li Quan's personal bodyguard.

At this time, Li Zhen walked in quickly from outside the mansion, and Zhao Qiuniang hurriedly greeted Han Juan'er, "What's wrong?" Li Zhen asked anxiously.

Zhao Qiuniang said to Han Juan'er: "Juan'er, tell the commander"

Han Juan'er was about fifteen or sixteen years old, with thick black skin, a slightly short and fat body, looking like a fire girl, her mother was a dancing girl in the workshop, and she died of illness when Han Juan'er was six years old, and she became an orphan.

Han Juan'er was fortunate to meet Aunt Gongsun, was adopted by her, and became the pharmacy girl of Aunt Gongsun, good at swordsmanship and dispensing, and was later recruited by Zhao Qiuniang into the internal guard, and the special anesthetic used by Jiuzhi in Yangzhou was prepared by her own hands.

Han Juan'er saluted Li Zhen and said: "When the subordinates accompanied the lady for a walk in the backyard, they heard movement in the yard of the son, and when the subordinates settled the lady and ran into the yard, they found three people in black, they were very strong in martial arts, but they were not in love with war, and quickly escaped over the wall, they seemed to be rummaging for something. ”

Li Zhen immediately understood, he turned around and walked towards his courtyard, there were several internal guards standing at the gate of the courtyard, blocking the courtyard where he lived, no one was allowed to enter, Li Zhen walked into his courtyard quickly with an expressionless face.

Li Zhen didn't have any personal maids to serve, and no one was allowed to enter his yard at will, only the eldest sister Li Quan accidentally went in to help him clean up, there were four rooms in the courtyard, two guest rooms and his own bedroom and his son were turned into a mess, the furniture was overturned, the study was full of confetti, the bedding in the bedroom and guest room were cut by sharp knives, and the hemp was floating all over the ground.

The large iron box that Li Zhen used to hold money was also split, and the copper coins rolled all over the ground, but the other party didn't seem to be interested in money, and the five or six small boxes full of Sogdian gold coins were not taken away, but the lid of the box was opened, and the boxes full of gold coins were shining, and even the jade ruler and his knight seal given to him by Wu Zetian in the cabinet were intact, and the other party's goal was very clear.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps from behind, Li Zhen turned around, only to see Di Yan walk in, her brows were furrowed all over the ground, she slowly walked to Li Zhen's side, and asked in a low voice, "Who is it?"

Li Zhen said in a deep voice: "It's either Junchen or Wu Sansi, only the two of them are the most suspicious." ”

"Did they get it?" Di Yan asked again.

Li Zhen glanced at the corner of the study, shook his head slightly, and then said, "Close the door"

Di Yan closed the door, Li Zhen took out the dagger, walked quickly to the corner, he touched the floor tiles, gently pried with the dagger, pulled out a floor tile, he put the floor tiles on the table, Di Yan found that the original floor tiles were hollow, Li Zhen took out a long oilcloth bag from the floor tiles, slowly opened the oilcloth, inside was a pair of jade pendants and a small scroll.

The jade pendant was a gift from Shangguan Wan'er to Xie Ying at the beginning, Li Zhen valued it very much and kept it all the time, and the scroll was a copy of the oath list, and the other party wanted to find it as a gift, and the letters had been sent to the owner, and the last four letters he also returned to Princess Taiping this morning.

Li Zhen picked up the scroll and opened it to look at it, in fact, he had memorized all the names, it didn't matter if it was or not, he took the flint and the fire cloth from the table, knocked it twice, a fire ignited in his hand, Li Zhen lit the scroll, and in just a moment, the scroll was burned to ashes, leaving only a wooden scroll.

Di Yan also breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "You really shouldn't have left it, fortunately it was discovered by Senior Sister Han in time, otherwise if they found this brick, there would be endless troubles."

"Come and don't get along, it's indecent to be rude"

Li Zhen said coldly: "Since he is so 'righteous, how can I not return his favors?"

"What are you going to do?" Di Yan asked him in a low voice.

Li Zhen had already calmed down, and he pondered for a moment and said, "I need to prepare, don't rush this time." ”

In the west of the South City, there is a medium-sized wine shop, called Shazhou Jiusi, it is said that this wine shop is opened by the famous family of Dunhuang Suoshi, specializing in the cuisine of the Western Regions, the business is very good, every day customers are overflowing, bringing rolling wealth to the wine shop.

At this time, in an elegant room on the second floor of the wine store, Suo Wen was inviting his former friend Li Pan to dine, Li Pan was the sister-in-law of the Li family in Dunhuang, a few years ago, like Suo Wen, he was quite flamboyant in Dunhuang, and moved the Li family out everywhere to suppress people, and was called 'argali' by the Dunhuang people, which means that the horns on his head are too eye-catching.

However, as he grew older, Li Pan became a lot more mature, and the arrogance of his former body had completely disappeared, on the contrary, he became low-key and restrained, he never mentioned his family background in Luoyang, and even the internal guard warriors did not know his relationship with Li Zhen, they only thought that they were fellow villagers.

Li Pan originally came to Luoyang with Zhang Li to participate in the martial arts, Zhang Li was admitted to the martial arts, but he fell to Sun Shan, but under Zhang Li's strong recommendation, Li Pan also joined the internal guard, Li Zhen regardless of the previous suspicions, he was quite important, and served as a lieutenant like Jiuzhi, just yesterday, he was officially appointed as a lieutenant by the Ministry of War.

"I heard that Brother Pan is going to participate in the martial arts next year?" asked Suo Wen with a smile as he poured Li Pan a glass of wine.

Li Pan picked up his wine glass and said with a smile: "You heard about it from Zheng Lin?"

Zheng Lin is also a son of the Zheng family, a great family in Dunhuang, and has a good relationship with Suo Wen and Li Pan, and is currently doing leather business in Luoyang, and he is also mixing very well.

Sowen laughed, "Don't blame him for leaking his mouth, he was drunk and tricked by me." ”

"Actually, it doesn't hurt, a lot of people know it. ”

Li Pan sighed, "After all, he is not from a professional class, this lieutenant has no confidence, and it is difficult to be promoted again, like Dou Xianyun, who has been a lieutenant general for ten years, and is in the top three in Wuju High School this year, and was promoted to a general as a result, I also have to think about the future."

"With Li Zhen covering you, I don't think it's a big problem to be promoted," Suo Wen asked tentatively.

Li Pan shook his head, his eyes flashed a hint of gloom, and said: "The only person Li Zhen really trusts is the fat man, and even Zhang Li is only grateful to his father, and he can't get over the face of the clansmen for me, I know that he has always hated my father." ”

Suo Wen nodded slowly and said: "You are right, he is a person who must repay his eyes, just because I made a little move when I was fighting with him in the sword, he has always hated me to the core, and my brother was almost killed by him last time in Fangzhou." ”

Li Pan smiled bitterly and drank all the wine in the cup, "I think it's better to go back to Dunhuang, doing things under him is just a superficial scenery, and that kind of contempt in my bones makes me really uncomfortable." ”

Suo Wen felt that the time had come, he lowered his voice and said to Li Pan: "Listen to me, the saint rewarded him just to stabilize him, in fact, the saint has issued a secret decree and ordered to come to Zhongcheng to secretly investigate what he did in Yangzhou, he is likely to be involved in Li Yuanjia's rebellion and rebellion case, I am looking at the previous friendship, so I deliberately remind you not to be affected by him." ”

Li Pan was taken aback, "Are you serious?"

"Of course I won't lie to you, he secretly hid a few important pieces of evidence, which made the saint angry, but because it involved King Xiang and King Luling, the saint didn't show it, in fact, you should also know that the list of oaths of the Xingtang Society, the correspondence between the royal family and Li Yuanjia, and Li Yuanjia's Xingtang Club gold medal are all in his hands?"

After saying that, Suo Wen watched Li Pan's expression change closely, this was his real purpose, pulled Li Pan over, and pulled the whereabouts of the three items from Li Pan's mouth.

Li Pan pondered for a moment and said, "He is indeed a little strange when he comes back, I heard that he seems to have a secret treasure place." ”

"Where?" asked Sowen nervously.

Li Pan shook his head, "Of course he won't say this kind of thing, he just drank too much once and mentioned it to the wine fat man once." ”

"Does the drunken fat man know?"

Li Pan still shook his head, "He doesn't know, that guy has always been unable to hide secrets, if he knows, he will definitely tell it." ”

Speaking of this, Li Pan suddenly glanced at Suo Wen vigilantly, "Let me tell you, this kind of thing is just a casual chat between our brothers, but it must not be passed on, otherwise I will not be able to eat and walk around." ”

Suo Wen squinted and laughed, "Of course, I'm just asking casually, but it doesn't have anything to do with me." ”

"Don't talk about it, drink"

"Drink"

The two of them raised their glasses and drank them all, and they both laughed tacitly.

Half an hour later, Li Pan appeared in Li Zhen's official room and smiled at Li Zhen: "That guy is as stupid as before, I complained to him a few words, and he believed it, and he could see that he wanted to desperately win me over and open a gap from me." ”

Li Zhen smiled slightly: "Then you tell him that I have another secret treasure hiding place?"

"I said, he was very interested, I guess he thought those few things were in the secret treasure house, I think he must be in a hurry to report to Lai Junchen. ”

Li Zhen pondered for a moment and said, "Lai Junchen is an extremely shrewd person, he may not believe that I have any secret treasures. ”

Li Zhen couldn't help but smile and said: "Maybe I really have to make a treasure hiding place like this, and hide all my copper coins, just like Wei Tuan'er did at the beginning." ”

Li Pan didn't speak, he didn't expect Li Zhen to trust him so much, so open and honest, he was extremely moved in his heart, but his inner emotions were not shown on his face, he just nodded silently.

Just as Li Pan judged, after Suo Wen came out of the wine shop, he rushed to Lai Junchen's mansion in a hurry, Suo Wen got Lai Junchen's reuse has nothing to do with his ability, but the Suo family made a huge bet on Lai Junchen, promising to give Lai Junchen 10,000 yuan a year for ten years, and 20,000 yuan has been cashed.

It was for the sake of money that Lai Junchen promoted the Suo brothers, and gave Suo Wen a promise that as long as he overthrew Xingtang and Li Zhen, Suo Wen would take over Li Zhen's current position.

Suo Wen's heart was full of anticipation, and he was anxiously going back and forth outside Lai Junchen's study, when a guard stepped forward and said, "Zhongcheng, please come in, please follow me"

Suo Wen perked up and hurriedly followed the guards into Junchen's study.