It was impossible to go south, not to mention that Li Xiayu was originally eyeing the throne. If this guy succeeded, he would never have an easy life in the future.
Besides!
Shi Lingyao and his gang are at the gate of the imperial capital!
He Xixu was secretly gloating that they had already set their sights on Li Xiayu, and someone must have sneaked into the imperial capital by now.
At this moment, it was secretly satisfying to see Li Xiayu's clueless look. Let's see how long this guy can remain proud.
Anyway, it was impossible for him to cooperate with Shi Lingyao. He was looking for trouble for Li Xiayu purely because he couldn't stand Li Xiayu's hypocrite face. It had nothing to do with Shi Lingyao's actions!
The early morning session did not resolve any issues, as usual.
Mr. Yuan sighed: "My old bones will be gone forever. I just hope that I can do something useful for the common people in my lifetime..."
He didn't wait for others to speak, stood up tremblingly, and walked slowly away.
The early morning court when Jing Hexuan was there was extremely efficient, and everything was handled properly and efficiently.
But now, apart from wrangling, Mr. Yuan no longer attends the daily morning meeting from that day on. Gradually, the other three people also began to absent themselves. The morning meeting that lasted for half a year disappeared without a trace.
The entire imperial capital is vaguely divided into three parts of the world. The three generals manage their respective areas and work on their own affairs. Mr. Yuan lives in the Tai Hospital and spends all day studying prescriptions.
Because of the special purpose of Taiyuan Hospital, the three generals always gave preferential treatment to Taiyuan Hospital. Taiyuan Hospital also always remained neutral and did not participate in those overt and covert battles.
Zhang Xing and Li Yue bought a courtyard to live in on the street where Li's house was located.
It was a very small abandoned yard, belonging to the same family as Old Man Liu next door. This abandoned yard was actually just a small house, which was Old Man Liu’s original home. Later, in order to find a wife for his son, he bought the yard next door to his son and daughter-in-law. However, a natural disaster struck and his son and daughter-in-law turned into zombies. He escaped because he went to the temple to burn incense.
Later, he moved to the big courtyard, and the small courtyard gradually fell into disuse.
There were many survivors who wanted to live in his small courtyard before. After all, although the Imperial New City was large and had a large number of people, there was still a shortage of housing.
It’s just that for some reason, everyone who has seen the small courtyard will use various excuses to evade it. Old man Liu doesn’t care, and the small courtyard is completely ruined.
The two lived in a low-key manner, and for more than ten days, none of the neighbors on the street noticed that there was a new resident in the small courtyard.
Their main task is to make secret visits. They usually stay up and down at night. The yard and the outside of the house have always maintained their original dilapidated appearance. Even the rusty lock on the door has always been hung. It's no wonder that no one knows that anyone lives in this yard. .
The two of them acted separately and secretly observed the Li Mansion for several days. On the surface, everything was normal, and Li Xiayu was rarely seen leaving the mansion.
They also secretly entered Li's Mansion late at night. The most unusual thing was the number of soldiers patrolling Li's Mansion at night, which was definitely the most among the three generals' mansions.
The security was so tight that there was almost no one within five steps of the house. The lights in the mansion were kept on all night long. The guards were well-trained. After walking around, no one was lazy or dozing off.
This makes people wonder if the Li Mansion has some ulterior secrets to protect, otherwise it would be difficult to explain this anomaly.
You can't be a great general and be so afraid of death, right?
After several night visits, Zhang Xing finally spotted a gap in the guard shift and jumped up to a big tree next to Li Xiayu's yard.
In order to avoid exposing their whereabouts, Zhang Xing and Li Yue have always acted separately. The fewer people there, the better they can hide, and they can reduce losses if they are discovered.
There were fewer lights in the yard than in other places. Under the dim firelight, it was still clear that there were many guards in the yard.
The light was still on in Li Xiayu's room.
Generally, there are definitely those with the ability to listen to the wind among this kind of guards. Zhang Xing did not dare to act rashly. In the biting cold wind, he squatted on a tree outside Li Xiayu's courtyard, hiding his figure with the branches, and kept staring at the movements in the courtyard. After staying up for more than an hour, I finally waited for the next shift change.
The two teams of guards took over, which was when the commotion was the loudest. Zhang Xingchu sneaked into the courtyard at the right time and quietly squatted on the roof of Li Xiayu's house.
It was already past the second watch, and not only were the lights not turned off in this room, there were even other people in the room.
Zhang Xing clung to the roof like a gecko, not daring to make the slightest movement. Even his breathing was slow and shallow, like a piece of paper.
Although there were others in the room, for some reason no one spoke. The whole room was filled with dead silence. He could feel the suffocating silence from the roof.
It seems that the atmosphere in the house is not very friendly.
Zhang Xing's curiosity is unprecedented. Who could it be? Being able to stay in Li Xiayu's room late at night is definitely not an ordinary person. The silent atmosphere at this moment also shows that this person must be an unusual person. Perhaps he is Li Xiayu's confidant. The task assigned to him may not be done well, so Li Xiayu is angry at the moment. ?
Otherwise, he really couldn't imagine the possibility of causing such an atmosphere.
Such a tense atmosphere also infected Zhang Xing. It was obviously a cold and windy late night, but there was a thin layer of sweat on his back. The sweat stuck to his inner clothes, and he gradually started to feel a little itchy.
But he couldn't move.
The guard in this yard must have the ability to listen to the wind. Just now, he used the noise of the shift change to cover up and touched the roof. At this time, there was no other sound around except the roar of the wind. If he made any movement, even the slightest move, It will definitely be noticed by those with the ability of Shunfeng Ear.
But the more he wanted to ignore the feeling of itching, he couldn't, and it continued to increase in intensity. Zhang Xing clenched his teeth, imagining that he was an unconscious piece of wood, and he lay there all night long.
The two people in the room were silent all night. If he hadn't had the foundation of internal energy, he would have been able to distinguish the breath of the two people in the room without having to listen to the wind. Fortunately, they were not sleeping. He doubted whether the two people had gone to bed long ago.
As soon as they arrived at Maozheng, there was movement in the room. Li Xiayu opened the door and came out. Judging from his face, he looked a little haggard. It was obvious that he had not slept all night.
He was in a bad mood and said nothing. The two guards left quickly with him, while the other guards remained guarding the courtyard.
And the person in the room never made any movement.
Zhang Xing intuitively felt that this person's identity was of great importance, so he remained patient and did not move. Even if it was daytime and the owner Li Xiayu had left, the guards in the yard were very strict and had no intention of being lazy.
It wasn't until almost noon that a mysterious man tightly wrapped in a black fur cloak came out of the house. The guards in the yard acted as if they hadn't seen him and allowed the mysterious man to leave.
His judgment was indeed correct. There were indeed two people in Li Xiayu's room last night.
But where does this person come from? Judging from his tall figure, he is about the same height as Li Xiayu, so he is definitely a man.
