At dusk, Li Zhen came to Gao Yanfu's house, but he saw Gao Lishi walking out, Gao Lishi saw Li Zhen, and immediately jumped up with joy, "Brother Li, you are finally here"

Li Zhen was stunned, "Are you waiting for me?"

"Yes, I'm going to the Prime Minister's Mansion to accompany King Linzi to study, and my father said that you want to come, so I want to wait for you to come before leaving. ”

Li Zhen suddenly said apologetically: "I'm sorry to keep you waiting." ”

"It's okay, I just wanted to tell you something. ”

"Say it, I'll listen. ”

Gao Lishi whispered in Li Zhen's ear: "Beware of that Wu Yizong, don't let him see Miss Di"

"Why?"

"He's a well-known pervert, a slightly more beautiful woman can't escape his clutches when he sees it, I know that Miss Di will also go with you, don't let him see it, even men's clothes. ”

Li Zhen was very grateful to Gao Lishi for his carefulness, he nodded and smiled: "Thank you, I will definitely be careful." ”

"Then I'll go first"

Gao Lishi saluted, ran down the steps, waved to him again, and got into a carriage, Li Zhen watched the carriage gradually move away, and then he came directly to Gao Yanfu's study under the leadership of the housekeeper.

"Master, Commander Li is here," the butler reported at the door.

"Please come in" Gao Yanfu's voice came from inside the room.

"Commander Lee, please"

Li Zhen walked into Gao Yanfu's study, only to see Gao Yanfu wearing a white Zen robe sitting in front of the window reading a book, Li Zhen hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "The younger generation will see the prince."

"Li Gongzi, we haven't seen each other for a long time. ”

Gao Yanfu put down the book, smiled gently, pointed to the couch and said, "Sit down"

"Xie Fujun"

Li Zhen sat down, slightly nervous, he knew that Gao Yanfu was looking for him, there must be something important, he thought all the way, what important thing would Gao Yanfu find him?

Gao Yanfu was not in a hurry to talk to him about business, and asked with a smile: "Have you had dinner, why don't you go eat something first, and then we will talk." ”

"Thank you for your concern, I've already eaten at the official office. ”

Gao Yanfu pondered, "I believe you have already met Shangguan Sheren, she should tell you that the right of internal guard has been taken back by the Holy Lord." ”

Li Zhen nodded, "She told me." ”

"Then I want to tell you that the internal guard will be reorganized, with one and two deputies, one of you and Wu Furong will become the commander, and the other deputy commander is undecided for the time being, and one person may be selected from the Li royal family. ”

"Isn't the commander of the internal guard Wu Youxu concurrently?"

Gao Yanfu smiled, "You may not know, Wu Youxu has resigned from the post of General Qianniu and went to Zhongnan Mountain to become a monk and cultivate immortals." ”

Li Zhen was stunned, "When did this happen, I asked him a few days ago to ask for someone." ”

"He resigned to the saint yesterday afternoon, and then he didn't even return home, and rode away directly on a donkey, this matter has not been announced, only me and Shangguan Sheren know, and it is estimated that no one else knows. ”

"And who will take his place?"

Gao Yanfu groaned and said: "This is what I want to tell you, the Holy Lord means to let you take over Wu Youxu's position and let Wu Chongxun concurrently serve as the leader of the internal guard, but Shangguan Wan'er tried her best to persuade the Holy Lord to keep you in the internal guard, if you want to go to Qianniuwei, you can also propose it to the Holy Lord yourself." ”

Li Zhen shook his head, "But I still want to stay in the inner guard, and I am willing to compete with Wu Furong for the position of commander." ”

Gao Yanfu smiled, then stopped mentioning the matter, he changed the topic again, and said with a smile: "Do you know who recommended you to escort Wu Yizong to Yangzhou?"

Li Zhen suddenly perked up, this is what he wants to know, Shangguan Sheren denied that it was not her suggestion, who could it be? He was puzzled, at this time, Li Zhen's heart moved, and he hurriedly said: "Is it the recommendation of the prince?"

"I have no reason to recommend you, to tell you, it is Wu Yizong's repeated request. ”

Li Zhen was even more puzzled, he and Wu Yizong had never had any intersection in their lives, how could Wu Yizong recommend himself, could it be that Wu Sansi meant?

Gao Yanfu seemed to understand his thoughts, and smiled: "This is indeed very puzzling, but I speculated that Wu Yizong is very popular in the Wu family, but he has a close relationship with his brother Wu Youji, have you thought of anything?"

Li Zhen blurted out, "It's Princess Taiping"

Gao Yanfu smiled and nodded, "I think so too, but this is just speculation, and there is no evidence." ”

Li Zhen has already understood that it is not Li Xian's arrangement to let him go to Yangzhou, but it is actually Li Dan's arrangement, Li Dan must have asked Princess Taiping, and then Princess Taiping asked her husband Wu Youji to find Wu Yizong, so today Wu Zetian asked the internal guard to protect Wu Yizong to go to Yangzhou.

Li Zhen also knew that Gao Yanfu was not actually speculating, but got the news from Li Dan, but Gao Yanfu didn't say it explicitly, but Wu Zetian didn't know which side he would lean?

"Didn't the Holy One ask anything?"

Gao Yanfu squinted his eyes and laughed, "The Holy Lord really didn't ask anything, but if you think she is old and confused, then you are very wrong, I will tell you clearly, the Holy Lord thinks that you shot Yang Pei, she asked me, when Yang Pei was assassinated, were you in Chengdu?"

Li Zhen was shocked, and his heart was about to stop beating, could it be that Wu Zetian knew everything? But...... She actually returned. ,......

Li Zhen felt a chill in his back, and it seemed that Wu Zetian also knew his relationship with Li Xian.

Gao Yanfu smiled faintly, "The saint can become a generation of emperors as a woman, she is not a simple person, in addition to the iron-hearted heart and thunderbolt means, there are also her unfathomable ideas, which can never be guessed, just like she knows that I have a bad relationship with Xiangwang Li Dan, but she acquiesced, in fact, it is very simple to say it thoroughly, just two words: 'Balance, this is the essence of the emperor's mental technique, just like she has long known that the Xingtang will exist, but she has always let it exist, if there is no Xingtang will, I'm afraid that the Wu family has already raised troops to overthrow her. ”

Li Zhen nodded slowly, he kind of understood.

Gao Yanfu said earnestly: "She asked you to go to Yangzhou, it is by no means to escort 'Wu Yizong, it's so simple, you are now in direct charge of her, you have to do things for her, remember the two words I told you 'balanced, you will know what to do." ”

Li Zhen left Gao Yanfu's mansion, and returned to his home all the way, still thinking about what Gao Yanfu said, "Balance, two words, just walked into Fushanfang, but heard Di Yan's shout, "Stop"

As soon as Li Zhen turned around, she saw Di Yan coming out of Zhao Qiuniang's martial arts hall with an angry face, she stepped forward quickly, stared at him fiercely and asked, "You are going to Yangzhou tomorrow, but you don't tell me, do you want to get rid of me?"

Li Zhen didn't want her to go with him this time, not only because they had come back from Chengdu not long ago, but more importantly, because Gao Lishi said to him, Wu Yizong was a demon in the color, which made him feel uncomfortable, and the best way to avoid it was not to go with Di Yan.

Li Zhen smiled bitterly and pointed to the small wine shop not far away, "Let's go sit over there, and I'll explain it to you in detail." ”

"Hmph, no matter how you explain it, don't try to get rid of me. ”

The two of them entered the wine shop and sat down, and Li Zhen told her the reason, Di Yan was even more unhappy, and said angrily: "Is this the reason? Do you think that if he likes me, I will let him do whatever he wants?"

"Of course you won't, it's—"

"Say no more. ”

Di Yan slapped the table heavily and interrupted him, "If you just use this excuse to perfunctory me, I'm not angry, but if you are really afraid of him, then you will disappoint me too much, you are a dignified man, I don't want you to use evasive methods, you want him not to dare to hit me, understand?" Di Yan glared at him.

Li Zhen was also a little ashamed in his heart, he really thought too much, "Okay" He had to promise with a wry smile: "Since you are going, then gather at the Internal and Foreign Affairs Department around midnight tomorrow, and I will take you to Yangzhou together." ”

Seeing that he agreed, Di Yan immediately smiled again: "That's it, I've been to Yangzhou a few times, and I'll be your guide." ”

That night, Li Zhen convened his lieutenants to discuss the trip to Yangzhou, and now Li Zhen's internal guard warriors have been expanded to 250 people, and the lieutenants originally had Zhao Qiuniang, Lu Jin, and Wang Zongyi, and Zhang Li and Jiuzhi were added.

But Jiu Zhi was a little embarrassed because of his lack of qualifications, but in the end, after a compromise, he was appointed as a lieutenant by the Ministry of War, Li Zhen took full advantage of his well-informed and appointed him in charge of intelligence, in addition to the five of them in the room, there was also the chief bookkeeper Yang Xin, who was in charge of the daily chores of the internal guard, and won Li Zhen's trust.

"You should know our new mission, to escort Hanoi King Wu Yizong to Yangzhou to announce the decree, I think you have also heard of the recent situation, the fact is so, this trip to Yangzhou is indeed more dangerous, Guangling King Li Yuanjia is very likely to rebel, if we are unfortunate to encounter, I can not guarantee the safety of your lives. ”

Li Zhen's voice was very low, the room was silent, everyone was more or less confused in their eyes, they all felt that they would be drawn into the storm of a political struggle, at this time, Zhao Qiuniang said in a low voice: "Wu Yizong is the general of Zuojin Wuwei, he should have his own subordinates to escort, as far as I know, his personal soldiers are at least two or three hundred, why do you need us to guard?"

Li Zhen nodded and said with a smile: "This sentence is fundamentally asked, and this is also the point I want to say to you, escorting Wu Yizong is only a nominal task, and our actual task is to prevent Li Yuanjia from rebelling, although the saint did not say it explicitly, but sending our internal guards to Yangzhou is by no means as simple as guarding Wu Yizong." ”

Li Zhen glanced at everyone again, and continued: "Next, I will assign the task, Zhang Li's injury has not healed, so he will not go to Yangzhou this time, and stay in the official office, responsible for delivering the news of the capital." ”

Zhang Li unfortunately broke his bone in the polo competition, his injury has not healed so far, and he is still playing a splint in his hand, he really can't go to Yangzhou, Zhang Li nodded silently and accepted Li Zhen's arrangement.

"We also need to have a brother to respond, and Captain Wang led the brothers in his headquarters to be temporarily stationed in Xuzhou, ready to go south at any time to meet our evacuation. ”

Wang Zongyi stood up and saluted, "Obey the order"

Li Zhen smiled again: "There are also forwards, so I will ask Captain Lu to lead the brothers to go out overnight tonight, arrive in Yangzhou first, and find out the situation in Yangzhou." ”

"Obey the order" Lu Jin stood up and saluted.

Li Zhen's gaze fell on Jiuzhi again, "Wu Yizong's side really doesn't need our personal guards, he has his own personal guards, but Wu Yizong needs a liaison around us."

Without waiting for Li Zhen to finish speaking, Jiu Zhi said angrily: "Needless to say, this beauty is none other than the fat man."

Everyone laughed, and Li Zhen said with a smile: "Since the old fat is self-aware, then I won't say more, then there is another important matter at the moment, which may be more urgent." ”

Li Zhen's gaze turned to Zhao Qiuniang, "Now I really want to know, besides us, who else will go to Yangzhou, especially the movement of Lai Junchen, this matter will trouble Captain Zhao, do your best"