[In the 71st year of the Great Qiankang Dynasty, March 13th, Haishi, and in the study of Zhao Wangfu]

After Li Yi, the king of Zhao, told Xu Ke about his persuasion of Murong Huan, he finally said:

"Senior brother, if it weren't for your face, if you think about Murong Gongzi, you might not be willing to agree!"

"Senior brother is really good at making fun of Murong Gongzi's willingness to help, isn't it because Miss Yiqing once saved his sister's life?" Xu Ke said.

Li Yi smiled and waved his hand and said, "You can't say that, Murong Gongzi personally calls you 'disease-free virtuous brother', it seems that he really has a good impression of you, your future brother-in-law!"

Xu Ke thought back to the past, but he couldn't see the slightest hint of Murong Huan's appreciation for himself. In his memory, every time he saw Murong Huan, the other party was cold-faced, and he had also made a move with Murong Huan, but what was the matter, his long sword had just been shot, and it was already caught by Murong Huan's fingers.

"Senior brother, there is one more thing!" Xu Ke suddenly remembered that he was here, and more importantly, he was here to inform Lu Huoli of his conspiracy.

"Oh...... What else is going on?" Li Yi was about to talk about the Murong Huan brothers and sisters, but seeing that Xu Ke was anxious to divert the topic, he had to ask.

"Senior brother, do you know that Lu Huoli, the national teacher of Xiao State, has also come to Chang'an?" Xu Ke asked rhetorically.

"Hmm...... brother, have you also met the old monster of Frost......! Didn't get hurt, right?" Li Yida was surprised, he also thought that Xu Ke had also seen Lu Huoli.

"I haven't met him yet, I've heard ......"

So, Xu Ke told him about Lu Huoli's conspiracy to assassinate the King of Wei and tell Li Yibei about what Hu Yiyi had told him.

"No wonder ......" Li Yi said thoughtfully: "This person will follow me for most of the day, it turns out that he has a plan for a long time......

Xu Ke hurriedly asked, "Has Senior Brother already touched him......?"

Li Yi nodded and said: "Ten days ago, I was strolling in Qiushuiyuan, and he followed me for a long time, and I found out, so I fought with him......"

Li Yi also told Xu Ke about his encounter with Lu Huoli in Qiushuiyuan on the third day of the third day of the third month of March.

After hearing this, Xu Ke couldn't help but wonder: "Senior brother, is this 'Frost Old Monster''s swordsmanship so powerful?

Li Yi nodded and said: "This person calls himself 'Flowing Frost Sword Immortal', and it really deserves his reputation! His swordsmanship is already superb, and he is also a body of 'Frost Sword Qi' that he cultivates, everywhere he goes, the grass and trees are frozen, and it is really not to be underestimated! No disease, if you meet an old monster in the future, you must not fall in love with him, and it is important to flee for your life when you find an opportunity!"

At this time, the picture in Li Yi's mind couldn't help flashing back to the fact that after he fought Lu Huo in the Qiushui Force ten days ago, Lu Huo was far away, and under his feet, the grass blades had already withered in large areas, and there were layers of frost left on the leaves. Although he and Lu Huoli only fought two moves, that scene still remains in his mind.

Xu Ke saw Li Yi's face suddenly solemn, and he couldn't help but worry: "Senior brother, that 'Frost Old Monster' originally came to King Wei, because my sister Hu's lie was to change her mind, but she came to you for trouble. Now, he's not getting a bargain on you, is he...... Will you go to King Wei's bad luck again?"

Li Yi nodded again and again and said, "Well, what you said is not unreasonable, now as my fourth brother, if he has an accident, it will be a big change for me!"

Li Yi couldn't help but stand up and walk back and forth in the study for a few steps, the more he thought about it, the more serious the situation felt, so he took a brown cloak hanging on the wall and put it on his body, and wanted to prepare to go out.

"Senior brother, who are you?" asked Xu Ke.

Li Yidao: "I have to go to my fourth brother's mansion, and only when I am there can I ensure that the fourth brother is safe and sound!"

"It's late at night, senior brother might as well ...... tomorrow" Xu Ke thought, you went to the Wei Wangfu in the middle of the night and said that someone was going to assassinate the Wei Wang, wouldn't that make the entire palace alarmed?

Li Yi shook his head and said, "No! That old monster with frost has such a plan, we have to be more careful! I have to rush there tonight, if I am not by the side of the fourth brother, I can't rest assured......"

Xu Ke saw that Li Yi's attitude was so decisive, so he had to go out with him.

On the way, Li Yi solemnly admonished Xu Ke again: "No illness, my fourth brother's life is related to the future of my great cadre, so there is no room for the slightest mistake! In the future, if I am not by my fourth brother's side, you must protect him, take care of him, and assist him for me, do you understand?"

Xu Ke saw that it was rare for Li Yi to speak so solemnly, so he immediately clenched his fists and responded: "Senior brother, don't worry, I will definitely protect His Royal Highness King Wei without illness in the future!"

"Hmm......" Li Yi nodded, patted Xu Ke's shoulder again, and said: "Among my dozen brothers, if it wasn't for the fourth brother to take over, someone else, I really don't feel at ease!"

Li Yi looked up at the sky and saw the vast bright moon above his head, which had gradually slanted westward at this time. Around the bright moon, there seemed to be more than ten stars twinkling with a faint light.

When the moon is shining, no one cares about the starlight, and when the moonlight is blurred, even if it is just some starlight, it can also illuminate the sky.

That round of bright moon, when it is bright, also shines in the world, and when it comes to his curtain call, it can only fall slowly, no matter how reluctant he is, he will finally end in the sky......

Li Yi suddenly sighed and said: "No disease, now I am in charge of the world, although it is claimed to be the 70-year 'Kangyuan prosperous era', but my father and the emperor have been in power for many years, and his majesty is too lax, so that the court is full of redundant and corrupt officials, the people are unbearable to collect the weight, but the treasury has been in deficit year after year! Most of the silver taels in the middle have gone into the pockets of those corrupt officials...... Therefore, the person who can bring hope to Daqian in the future is none other than King Wei!" After saying that, he stared at Xu Ke meaningfully.

Xu Ke bowed down and said, "Senior brother's words, remember them without illness!"

He naturally heard the deep meaning of Li Yi's words. Now, the crown prince Li Ren has been deposed, the eldest prince Li Zhi of Chu has been imprisoned forever, and among the many other princes, they are either young or full of unambitious people who only know how to have fun. Only Li Jin, the king of Wei, has always taken the world as his own responsibility, although he treats people upright, and his majesty is stricter, but he acts diligently, and can also abide by the right path, in the future, if Li Jin, the king of Wei, ascends the throne, for the world, it should be able to take on a new look, and the people can be regarded as having hope. Therefore, protecting the King of Wei is equivalent to protecting the hope of the people, and even protecting the world of Daqian!

However, at this time, the King of Wei, although he was already the Prince of Jiuzhu, was still one step away from the crown prince after all. Although it is only a step away, it is still a world of difference! The crown prince is the prince and the future ruler of the world, and the prince is a courtier, even if he has nine royal beads on his crown, he is still a courtier.

Since the King of Wei is just a prince, the rest of the princes also have an excuse to compete for the throne. All the princes are also the biological sons of Emperor Li Chongsheng, that is, the number of royal pearls on their heads is different, and no one can stop their desire to compete for the position of prince.

Now, although the two parties of the crown prince and the king of Chu have been removed from the court, on the contrary, there are more parties such as the king of Han, the king of Jin, the king of Song, the king of Yue, and the king of Yan. These princes, often centered on themselves, gather the imperial relatives and important ministers everywhere, and have their own faction in the court, and the strength of these princes cannot be underestimated, especially the King of Han and the King of Jin, the ministers of the six ministries, and the cadres of the provinces, most of them have been snare by them, but it is Li Jin, the king of Wei, except for Qiu Mingli and Xue Tao, but there are few henchmen.

At this moment, in the middle of the night, Li Yi, the king of Zhao, suddenly told Xu Ke about his hopes and worries about Li Jin, the king of Wei, in his palace......

Although he did not appreciate Li Zhen, the king of Wei, and the two had different personalities, and they always did not speculate, he also deeply agreed with the words of today's senior brother. For the sake of the world's livelihood, he agreed on the spot!

Senior brother, remember that there is no disease!

Not only today, if you are not sick, you must protect the King of Wei, and when he is not sick, he should always be by the side of the King of Wei to protect his safety!

If after King Wei ascends the throne, he can really innovate and eliminate evils, revitalize the dynasty, and seek benefits for all the people in the world, I Xu Wuxian should do my best and be willing to be driven by him!

......

"Okay!" Li Yi's face suddenly changed, and he changed to a relaxed and natural demeanor, and smiled at Xu Ke:

"No disease, thank you for sending such important news today, you should go back to the house and rest first!"

At this time, the two had left the Zhao Palace, Li Yi needed to go north to the fourth brother's Wei Palace, while Xu Ke had to go west back to Liquanfang.

Xu Ke wanted to follow Li Yi to protect the Wei Palace, but he immediately thought that with Li Yi, the deputy pavilion master of the Divine King Pavilion, he still needed his own help? He immediately said goodbye to Li Yi and went west......

After Xu Ke walked out of dozens of steps, Li Yi suddenly jumped behind him, patted him on the shoulder, and said:

"No disease, senior brother almost forgot one thing again!"

"What else does Senior Brother command?"

"Tomorrow, my seventeenth sister may come to your Tsing Yi guard on duty, and when the time comes, you will be responsible for arranging it!"

"Ah, the Seventeenth Duke is going to come to my Tsing Yi Guard...... Value for money?!"

Today he pestered me for a long time, but I had no choice but to agree, let her come to Tsing Yi Wei to be on duty, and be a 'case investigation commissioner'...... When the time comes, if she really comes, you can arrange some things for her at will! I'll hand over the seventeenth sister to you, hehehe......"

Li Yi smiled again and patted Xu Ke on the shoulder, turned around and left.

"Senior brother, what did you ask me to arrange for ......?"

When Xu Ke turned around, he saw that Li Yi's figure had already disappeared, but in the blink of an eye, he was already a hundred steps away.

......

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Almost at the same time, in a side hall of the Daming Palace, Emperor Li Chongsheng leaned in front of the imperial couch, at this time he looked quite sleepy, he wanted to lie down, close his eyes, and fall asleep. However, before he could go back to his room to sleep, there was a person standing in the hall, this person was extremely burly, his face was full of ochre, he was Shen Huan, the governor of Tsing Yi.

Shen Huan was secretly recruited into the palace by the emperor alone tonight, and he waited for a long time, until midnight, when the emperor was free to summon him in the side hall.

The emperor summoned Shen Huan to the palace at this moment, naturally wanting to know the latest situation of the trial in the capital.

At this moment, Shen Huan had already explained to the emperor in detail the movements of the entire capital trial personnel and the situation when Li Yi convened everyone to discuss this morning.

Li Chongsheng sat up on his own, rubbed between his eyebrows, tried to cheer up, and asked:

"So...... The cat demon still can't find it?"

Shen Huan replied: "Your Majesty, that cat demon is extraordinary, his whereabouts are uncertain, and it is really difficult to find, I have already turned over the inside and outside of Chang'an City, and it is still ......."

Li Chongsheng waved his hand and asked, "The eight people who died recently in Chang'an City are all homeless beggars?"

Shen Huan said: "Wechen has found out that those people are not registered residents of Chang'an City, most of them are homeless people!"

Li Chongsheng said: "What do you mean to arrest all these people in prison?"

Shen Huan bowed and stood solemnly, and said busily: "Your Majesty, Weichen is foolish, now that the demons are in chaos, the target of the attack is these homeless people." Instead of letting these homeless people be killed by the monsters, it is better to arrest them in prison first, and wait until the monsters are eliminated before releasing them!"

Li Chongsheng said disappreciatively: "If you put them in prison, will they be able to live? You Qingyi Wei are not rich, can you take so much food to feed them? Aren't they all tortured to death by your men?"

Shen Huan said embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that these homeless people are actually a bunch of ruffians. Not only did they not do anything to stay in Chang'an City, but they harassed the merchants and tourists everywhere, causing them a scourge! Arresting them in prison would make it impossible for the monsters to do anything, and the other would be necessary to protect the merchants. Weichen arrested these people in Tsing Yiwei, and he also acted according to the law of my great cadres, as for the life and death of these people, no one in Chang'an will pay attention to them......"

"Confused!" Li Chongsheng suddenly slapped the imperial case, raised his eyebrows, and a fine light shot directly at Shen Huan from his eyes, and the emperor said angrily:

"Do you say that these more than 1,600 human lives are 1,600 pigs? You can let them be slaughtered and humiliated! They are all born to their parents and raised by heaven and earth, so how can they be caught and killed when they say they are killed?"

Shen Huan hurriedly leaned over and knelt down, and said in his mouth: "Weichen is ignorant! Weichen just thinks that if those homeless people are allowed to be scattered in Chang'an, the monsters will not be able to hold it for a while, and it is bound that some homeless people will die under the clutches of the demons every night. If Weichen controls this group of displaced people first, at least ...... At least it can ensure that there will be no dead bodies in Chang'an City. In that case, the people of Chang'an will no longer panic, and the heavy pressure on His Royal Highness King Zhao will be eased......"

Li Chongsheng pointed his finger at Shen Huan and said in a deep voice: "Say you're confused, you still don't believe it! With more than 1,600 homeless people here, the cat demon will at least not go to those men who have families and jobs." If you arrest all those homeless people, the cat demon still has to eat human essence every day, and she can't find the homeless people, won't she have to find trouble for the residents? There are more than 200,000 households in Chang'an City, can you Qingyi guard guard the door of every household?"

Hearing the emperor's words, Shen Huan woke up, and he immediately kowtowed: "Your Majesty Shengming! Wechen is ashamed!"

As the emperor said, with the ability of the cat demon, if she enters the people's house late at night, it will be as easy as a finger. If according to Shen Huan's plan, after arresting all these displaced people, there will be no men scattered in the corners of Chang'an City. When the cat demon is forced, it will definitely enter the people's homes, and at that time, it will not be those unemployed people who die on the streets every night, but men with families and rooms.

For the people, even if they obey the ban of the government and no longer go out late at night, they will still be sucked dry by the cat demon and die.

Even, if the people who are bewitched by the cat demon are not ordinary people, but the prince and grandson, and the important ministers of the court, in this way, will the government and the opposition be shaken, and the world will be restless?

Compared with such an ending, the death of a few homeless people is already the best result, and when Shen Huan thought of this, he couldn't help but think about the emperor and admire it.

"Get up!" Li Chongsheng waved his hand at Shen Huan.

Shen Huan slowly got up and stood aside.

Li Chongsheng said: "You are in a hurry to solve the case and defend King Zhao, this part of your mind is still good, it's just ...... The planning was not careful enough!"

Shen Huan opened his mouth to speak, but the emperor waved his hand, only to hear Li Chongsheng then said: "It's okay if the cat demon can't be caught, after all, the people have never seen the cat demon, and they won't be afraid in their hearts." Nowadays, the most panicked people are none other than those dead bodies that suddenly appeared in Chang'an City at night......"

Shen Huan thought about it in his heart, and couldn't help but light up in his mind, as if he knew what he should do next. Sure enough, I only heard Li Chongsheng say in a deep voice:

"I order you to send capable men, strengthen patrols every night, be sure to clean up those dead bodies first, and block the news so that no one knows!"

"Weichen takes the order!" Shen Huan hurriedly bowed in response. What the emperor said was exactly what he had in mind.

"Hmm...... In the future, in order to facilitate your work, I will inform Wan Li and let his forbidden army withdraw from the capital to patrol the night after the time of the war, and focus on the defense of the imperial city. After that time, the patrol guards of the entire capital will be handed over to you!"

"Weichen obeys!" Shen Huan replied loudly.

He suddenly thought that now that the monsters are everywhere, she may not only find homeless beggars to attack, but also may collude into the homes of Chang'an households to commit crimes, and naturally, she may also break into the imperial city to find the bad luck of those princes and concubines. The emperor's move, on the surface, was to facilitate his own preemptive disposal of the dead body, but also to strengthen the vigilance of the imperial city and protect the princes and important ministers.

Moreover, the emperor inadvertently handed over the heavy responsibility of guarding the entire capital to himself, and the truth in the emperor's mouth was still "convenient for himself!". When the time comes, if he fails to dispose of those dead bodies in time, he will not be able to escape the responsibility of failing to do things effectively, and if he fails to protect the capital well, resulting in the suffering of the people, he will be a heavy responsibility of "having no jurisdiction and not protecting the city strictly"! And this responsibility should have been borne by Cheng Wanli, the chief of the forbidden army......

"The emperor is really the emperor!" Shen Huan couldn't help but sigh in his heart. As an emperor, even if he has a plan, he will not show any traces, and he will not let his courtiers guess it. When the emperor said something in the east, his meaning was either in the west, and in terms of referring to it, it was clearly taking care of the bottom...... No matter how clever your courtiers are, you can't do what the emperor wants. Such an emperor's way can not be said to be far-reaching and wonderful!