Oops, after Mingyue Tower was seized, he lost a reliable source of news in the capital, and some news lagged a lot, and he could only rely on the Xiao family's letters to understand a thing or two.

It can't be that there is a discrepancy with what the saints know

Sure enough, the saint asked him coldly, "Why didn't I know that the assassin had been thrown at the gate of Xiao's mansion?" Could it be that the assassins were sent by the Xiao Mansion? ”

"No, no, no, my brother just heard, I heard." King Yan hurriedly denied it, "Harm, look at the broken mouth of the minister, you hear any gossip in the restaurant, and you will be bald in front of the emperor. Don't take it personally. ”

The saint let him be fooled.

It's just that King Yan still has a suspicion in his heart, and after leaving the palace, he secretly changed his clothes, walked a small road, and quietly entered the back door of Xiao's mansion.

When Xiao Chongdao learned that King Yan was only reprimanded by the saint and did not make any other moves, he didn't know if there was anything wrong with it.

"What are you nervous about? Brother Huang has always had this attitude towards me? King Yan sneered, his expression cold, "He decided that I was a waste and couldn't do great things." ”

"No, Your Highness, this time the sage asked King Qi and Dali Temple to check in person. The minister always felt restless, and he didn't dare to make a move. Lest there be deception in it! ”

You must know that he usually asks the Criminal Department to check, he only needs to make an appointment with Ge Shangshu for a meal, and he will take care of it.

"Uncle Xiao, you can't be scared, right?" King Yan looked impatient, "You found me in the first place. ”

"Of course not! There is no turning back when opening the bow, but His Highness needs to be careful in the future. Your Highness's people, thousands of them have already entered the city in batches. They were placed in the workshops where most of the middle-aged laborers lived, and they did not attract attention for the time being. ”

At the end of last year, after Chongyang, He Shaoguang felt that there were suddenly more people in the capital, because Xiao Chongdao secretly released a group of Yan Wang's soldiers into the city.

He made up the identities of some homeless and coolies for these people, and concealed the origin of the calluses on their hands because of their perennial martial arts training.

"There are more than 3,000 people in the Yulin Army, my people plus yours, can it be successful?"

He tried his best to smuggle so many people into Beijing, but he didn't want to lose his wife and lose his soldiers.

"There are five hundred guards in the minister's mansion, plus the army under his command, all of whom obey the orders of the minister. In addition, His Royal Highness's 2,000 people are all carefully selected seedlings, and they should have a seventy percent chance of winning, but the camp of Xishan is that."

Xiao Chongdao obviously thought about these clearly.

Their number of heads is a cut more than that of the Yulin Army, and their force may not be worse than that of the Yulin Army, that is, the tens of thousands of troops in the Xishan camp, I don't know how to lead them away?

King Yan interrupted him, and said confidently: "Xishan Daying, I have already discussed with the Turks, and at that time, Sang Xi will deliberately attack, and the sage will definitely let Lu Xiaowen lead the troops to the battle, and we can seize the opportunity." ”

This is a good way, after Sang Xi took office, he governed the Turks very well, learned from the strengths of other steppe peoples, and the Turkic people rarely starved anymore.

Even though many young adults died in last year's war, they are now slowly starting to recover.

"We just seriously injured the last Khan, and the Turks are willing to help us?"

Xiao Chongdao's worries are not unreasonable, after all, he only fought last year.

King Yan understands the situation of the Turks, and he is very confident, and he has already negotiated with the Turks: "Sang Xi and his brother are not in harmony, and we can be regarded as helping him win the position of Khan." In addition, I promised him that after the matter was completed, Yanzhou would be ceded to them, and he would not lose money on this deal. ”

Xiao Chongdao was taken aback, he was unwilling to cede Yanzhou: "But Yanzhou is a fortress land, if it is ceded out, the Central Plains will be difficult to defend and easy to attack."

"You don't have to worry about this, although Sang Xi has quite a city, he is not good at fighting, so we just need to turn our heads and beat them to the ground! Hahaha"

King Yan laughed.

Xiao Chongdao was still a little worried, but now that he was taking advantage of King Yan, he didn't say much.

Yan Wang and Xiao Chongdao saw this side secretly.

After coming out, he changed into the same clothes that he had entered the palace, and swaggered into the Calyx Building from the main road.

When the sage learned that he had gone to the flower building again, he didn't say a word, but just asked people to remind him: "The Queen Mother has been talking to him several times, so that he can have time to enter the palace to have a look." ”

And Xiao Chongdao was worried about the assassin that the sage said, and wanted to sneak into the Lu Mansion to find out.

He summoned the Dark Guard to whisper advice.

The secret guard was instructed and immediately hid in the night, waiting for an opportunity to act.

As everyone knows, this is a trap laid by the saints for them.

He Shaoguang had dinner and walked around the courtyard, different from the past, she always felt that the atmosphere in the courtyard was not quite right in the past two days.

It's the same furnishings, but she's always uncomfortable, as if someone is staring at her.

A gust of wind blew and rustled the old tree in the yard.

He Shaoguang glanced up, and under the hazy afterglow of the sunset, people couldn't see the shadows between the trees.

"Forget it, let's go inside." She said to Zhijun, who was walking with her.

"Why did you come in after a while?" Lu Xiaowen saw that she went out for a while, and then came back, and couldn't help asking.

"I'm tired of looking at this yard every day." She leaned on the window, looked at the top of the tree just now, and asked casually, "Where did this banyan tree come from in the capital?" I think it's more in the south. ”

"The weeping banyan tree, you say? When I was a child, my father transplanted it, planted several trees, and this one survived. Lu Xiaowen rarely paid attention to the flowers and plants in the yard, only this banyan tree was his childhood memory.

"That's it" He Shaoguang unconsciously echoed, and thought to himself: Such a dense tree, if there is a person hidden on it, you can't see it, right?

"When I was a child, I often climbed on it, and when I was playing hide and seek, with the brain of the third brother, I was rarely found." Lu Xiaowen hurt his younger brother and showed no mercy.

"Big brother can't find it?"

"Big brother can't climb trees."

Brother Lu is really weak on the outside.

"I heard that King Yan ransomed a music girl and raised her in the mansion where she lives now." Although He Shaoguang doesn't go out, gossip or something can still reach his ears.

What this Yan Wang did on his face was really romantic.

"He was there to paralyze the saints. My people were secretly ambushed outside Xiao's mansion, and I saw that he had been there after leaving the palace yesterday. Lu Xiaowen is well aware of this person's movements, since King Yan entered the city, he has been under his secret surveillance, which is also the sage's instructions.

"You won't be caught doing this, will you?" He Shaoguang was worried.

"No, my people are specially trained, unlike their rabble."

He chuckled, with disdain in his laughter.

Even if he is clearly facing Xiao Chongdao's subordinates, he is not afraid.

"Well, then you say, is it possible that he already knew from Xiao Mansion that we were not good for him?

These days, I always feel that something is wrong in the yard, like someone is staring at me. ”

(End of chapter)