At night, Xiang Yong finished his duty and returned to the courtyard, he found that the light in Li Xiumei's room was on.

He immediately went up and knocked on the door.

"Who?"

"It's me. ”

The door opened inward, revealing Li Xiumei's pretty face that was disgusting and happy. Under the dim oil lamp, all the imperfections and deficiencies on her face were hidden.

The so-called beauty under the lamp, in a place where the light is not very good, can always cover up the shortcomings, enhance the advantages, and improve the charm of a woman. That's the magic of light.

At that moment, although he had seen too many stunning colors, Xiang Yong was still a little excited. Guan Jian is the expression on Li Xiumei's face, which seems to have the surprise of the moment she sees her lover, and seems to be shy and withdrawn because of her true feelings. It seems to be an invitation, and it seems to be a refusal to welcome.

Xiang Yong didn't intend to delve into the meaning of Li Xiumei's eyes, suppressed the momentary turmoil in his heart, walked in as if he were blind, and said in a low voice: "I have checked the surroundings, we can talk with confidence." ”

Li Xiumei was boiling water before, and at this time, she brought the boiling water over, began to make tea, and said with a smile: "How did I act today?"

Xiang Yong smiled: "Are you really performing?"

"It's not a performance, it's still pouring out your heart, do you think I really fall in love with you, you have to do it?man, I really like to be amorous," Li Xiumei smiled and handed a cup of tea to Xiang Yong, "You are just a little better-looking, and I made up all the other advantages." ”

Xiang Yong touched his face, "I thought it was enough to be good-looking." ”

"In your mind, I'm such a superficial woman, as long as I'm good-looking, I'll like it?"

Xiang Yong replied without thinking: "Then what do you like about me?"

It was only when he said that he realized that he was abrupt.

Li Xiumei blushed in an instant, lowered her head and was silent for a long time.

Xiang Yong immediately changed the subject: "When you talk about your perception of the rebel army, it doesn't look like you're acting. What you say is from your heart, so it is infectious, and it can impress old rivers and lakes like Wan Daozhong and Liu Cripple. ”

After a moment of silence, Li Xiumei raised her head and said, "Maybe." Maybe I'm giving birth to these feelings. But I'm a very sensible person, and I don't make the wrong choice because of these feelings. The rebels are doomed, and I will not allow myself to fall to the side of the losers. ”

When a person says he is sanity, he is often on the verge of losing his mind.

Xiang Yong didn't say this sentence, what kind of fate Li Xiumei will have, that is her own choice, he will not interfere.

He asked instead, "Have you negotiated with Liu Cripple?"

"It's settled. Tomorrow I will go back to the imperial capital to make arrangements. I don't plan to use the power of the official to make a trap, so I will use the connections I have saved before to do this. ”

Xiang Yong nodded: "Not bad." ”

After a pause, he asked again: "Do you know why Wandaozhong is attacking the imperial capital?"

Li Xiumei shook her head: "I don't know, I can't figure it out." It stands to reason that as long as there is a little bit of sanity, such a choice will not be made. If you want to replace me, you must first concentrate your forces and defeat the 19th Army, which is close at hand, and then think about anything else. ”

Xiang Yong frowned, "Who is the commander of the 19th Army, and in the political arena, which faction is he?"

Li Xiumei thought for a moment and replied: "Meng Khotan, 37 years old this year, is one of the representatives of the Young Zhuang faction of the Imperial Military Department. As for which big man is standing behind him, this kind of high-level information is not something I can find. ”

"By the way, I heard that he has a close relationship with the Three Princes, and has attended many cocktail parties held by the Three Princes. ”

"Third prince," Xiang Yong frowned, "what is the ranking of the crown prince?"

"Of course, the crown prince is His Majesty's eldest son. Li Xiumei glanced at Xiang Yong strangely.

"Has the empire always adopted the system of primogeniture?"

"Of course. Li Xiumei replied without thinking.

"So, how does this third prince usually behave?"

"The third prince is very sociable, often attends various banquets and salons, and likes to make friends with excellent young people. He is interested in philosophy, literature, and military affairs, and is considered to be the most talented of the princes. ”

Xiang Yong's eyes were like lightning: "I just don't know, what is the relationship between Sheng Du and the third prince?"

Li Xiumei didn't follow his train of thought at all, frowned and said, "Why did you get involved with Sheng Du again?"

Xiang Yong didn't plan to explain his bold conjecture to her.

He just deduced some possibility from the puzzling decision in the Ten Thousand Paths.

But other possibilities cannot be ruled out at this time.

The Third Prince, the 19th Army, the Rebel Army, Sheng Du. A thread strung them together.

Why did the rebel army insist on attacking the difficult bone - the imperial capital, even though it could be attacked by the 19th Army at any time?

Of course, it was the request made by Liu Cripple.

And the person represented by Liu Cripple is undoubtedly Sheng Du.

Why did Sheng Du want the rebel army to attack the imperial capital?

What role will the 19th Army play?

Xiang Yong felt that the fog was getting thinner and thinner, and he could gradually see the truth of the facts.

Sheng Du is by no means a little old man who is willing to be ordinary. He was an ambitious man.

has been dormant for so long, and as soon as he makes a move, it is a shocking stroke.

However, although Xiang Yong had some guesses, the main god had not yet given a hint, and the task of "figuring out Sheng Du's intentions" had not yet been completed.

Maybe some real hammers are needed.

Or maybe it's the need to straighten out the details.

Xiang Yong took a sip of tea. "By the way, during the day, you said that you received some latest information, and also, you finally figured out why the rebel army was launched earlier. ”

"Let me tell you why the rebel army was launched earlier. They originally planned to launch an uprising in half a year, but something went wrong on the side of Fancheng......"

Actually, things are very simple.

It was a worker leader who knew about the plan who lost his job.

His wife did not know about the plans of the uprising, and after the whole family starved for a few days, she secretly went to work as a wandering warbler in exchange for a little food for the children in the family.

And she has the misfortune to meet a cruel guest who is abused to death.

When the workers' leaders saw his wife's scarred body, they lost their minds and mobilized all their connections to find the man who killed his wife.

He found the man and brutally retaliated back. Cut off the man's words, stuffed it into his mouth, slashed him dozens of times, and hung his body on a lamppole.

Things got out of hand. Although the man was a nobody, one of his close relatives was a high-ranking officer of the Van Thanh Police Department.

The entire Van Thanh police station was dispatched to arrest the worker leader and other workers involved in the incident.

Everything is out of order.

In order to prevent the uprising from dying, the rest of the workers' leaders and charlatans had to make a decision to launch the uprising ahead of schedule.