Yang Gao and Li Jing held a candle-lit night talk and greatly appreciated Li Jing's talents. They wanted to confer titles on Li Jing and Su Dingfang on the spot, but Li Jing and Su Dingfang declined politely. They were confident that they would stand out in this imperial examination. Yang Gao from the province was criticized. .
While Yang Gao was meeting Li Jing, a conspiracy against him was gradually unfolding in Jiangdu City.
In Jiangdu City, there is an ordinary wing of Changping Inn. The outside is full of retinues. The total number of retinues in the open and dark areas is about twenty. Moreover, these people are all fully armed, all wearing black clothes and soft armor. They all hold short weapons in their hands to facilitate close combat.
In the wing room.
There were two black cloaks on the table. Two people in black clothes and soft armor sat opposite each other. After a brief greeting, they started talking in a low voice.
The young man on the left is nearly seven feet tall. He is no more than sixteen or seventeen years old. He has a handsome appearance and fine features. He sits on the chair with his back straight. He does not squint when he speaks. He looks very well-educated. However, the small ears on her ears The pierced ears revealed that she was a woman.
This man's surname was Fang Baihua, and his elder brother was Fang La, the famous rebel king in the late Northern Song Dynasty. Fang La came in and out randomly when Yang Gao summoned Zhang Juzheng last time, while Fang Baihua was carried out by Fang La. The implanted identities of the two siblings were subordinates of Li Zitong, the rebel king of Jiangnan.
The person sitting on the right is only six feet tall, nearly fifty years old, with a strange appearance and a certain air of immortality. This person is Pei Ji, Li Yuan's confidant.
This time Pei Ji sneaked into Jiangdu City among the scholars. The purpose of his trip was to persuade some of Yang Gao's important officials to abandon the Sui Dynasty and return to the Tang Dynasty, so as to undermine the prestige of Yang Gao's new Sui Dynasty to the greatest extent.
But even though Pei Ji had been jumping up and down in Jiangdu City for days, appearing very active, it was a pity that there was no result. Among the important ministers of Jiangdu, Pei Ju politely declined, Su Wei and Cen Wenwen closed the door to thank the guests, but Yu Yunwen and Xiao Yu took a more clear-cut attitude and sent the emissaries sent directly to the prison of Jiangdu City as spies.
The failures in the past few days made Pei Ji quite depressed, and he recalled the disdainful look in Liu Wenjing's eyes before he set off. He was afraid that he would be ridiculed by Liu Wenjing when he returned, so he stayed in Jiangdu hoping for some improvement.
At this moment, the news of Xue Rengui's annihilation of Du Fuwei reached the ears of Jiangnan rebel king Li Zitong. Although Li Zitong was not ranked in history, he was a man who could occupy a place among the turbulent heroes of the late Sui Dynasty. I still have vision. He clearly understood that the next target of the Sui army must be himself, so he sent his capable general Fang La's sister Fang Baihua to Jiangdu to gather intelligence, create chaos, and prevent the Sui army from marching south of the Yangtze River to the greatest extent.
After Fang Baihua arrived in Jiangdu, she successfully contacted Pei Ji through Jiangdu's secret network. Pei Ji was unwilling to just go back to Chang'an. The two hit it off and were ready to work together to do something big in Jiangdu. Today, after several scholars sent by Pei Ji to attend the imperial examination came back to report to Pei Ji about Yang Gao's inspection of the examination room, Pei Ji thought this was an opportunity and quickly called for Fang Baihua.
"Master Pei, are you sure that little thief Yang Gao came to the imperial examination room today?" Fang Baihua asked cautiously.
Pei Ji nodded, "The few disciples I sent to take part in the imperial examination saw the little thief coming to inspect with their own eyes. This is not surprising. After all, this is his first imperial examination after he ascended the throne. Of course he must pay attention to it!"
Fang Baihua looked excited, "Great, this little thief will definitely come again tomorrow, and then we will take advantage of him unprepared and assassinate him in one fell swoop!"
Pei Ji stroked his beard and smiled and said: "Heroes really have the same idea. I have arranged for ten people to participate in the imperial examination this time. Originally I just wanted them to get involved in the officialdom of the Sui Dynasty, but I didn't expect it to have such a wonderful effect!"
Fang Baihua smiled slightly, "God is really helping us. Once Yang Gao's son dies, the new Sui Dynasty will be in chaos. King Chu (Li Zitong) can turn the crisis around!"
Boom!
Pei Ji and Fang Baihua were intensely discussing tomorrow's assassination operation when a loud noise suddenly came from the first floor. It was the sound of someone kicking the door. Pei Ji and Fang Baihua stood up in a hurry and looked at each other, wondering what happened?
"ah!"
At this moment, a shrill scream suddenly came from the second floor. The sentry was killed.
"No, it's the Sui Army, we've been exposed!"
Fang Baihua was the first to react, grabbed Pei Ji and ran out.
Tap tap tap! ! !
There was a burst of rapid footsteps, and nearly a hundred Sui troops rushed to the fourth floor wing and joined the more than twenty retinues outside the room.
"No, get out quickly!"
Seeing this situation, Fang Baihua knew something was wrong. She immediately let go of Pei Ji, drew out her fish intestine sword and joined the battle group.
Fang Baihua was a chivalrous woman with great martial arts skills and superb swordsmanship. From time to time, Sui soldiers were stabbed by her and fell into a pool of blood with screams.
“The traitors should stop being so rampant, let’s show off our talents and show our strength here!”
Just hearing a fierce shout, a figure suddenly came out of the black shadow. Cold light burst out in his eyes. He suddenly took action and swung several swords in succession. The sword sealed his throat. For a while, blood flowed like a pour, and the sound of wailing and roaring spread everywhere. The whole inn.
"Eat this girl's sword!"
Fang Baihua secretly guessed that Zhan Zhao must be the leader of the Sui army, so he planned to carry out a beheading operation to take the opportunity to break out of the siege. Then he quietly approached Zhan Zhao, and suddenly he let out a squeal, and stabbed Zhan Zhao in the back with the fish intestine sword in his hand.
"A little trick!"
Zhan Zhao snorted disdainfully, dodged Fang Baihua's sword sideways, and stabbed Fang Baihua's right arm with his backhand sword, causing blood to pour out.
"ah!"
Fang Baihua screamed, and the fish intestine sword in his hand fell to the ground with a "dang" sound.
"do not move!"
Zhan Zhao took advantage of the situation and put his sword on Fang Baihua's neck, and shouted coldly, "If Zhan doesn't kill women, don't force Zhan to break the precept!" Then he turned to look at Pei Ji, who was shivering beside him, and snorted disdainfully, " Come on, take that one away from me too!”
"Ding dong, it is detected that Zhan Zhao captured Pei Ji alive. Pei Ji's peak ability is 69 in command, 53 in force, 84 in intelligence, and 86 in politics. Currently, Pei Ji is at 62 in command, 43 in force, 81 in intelligence, and 86 in politics. The host has obtained 9 soul points. Currently The total number of soul points has increased to 48."
"Ding dong, it is detected that Zhan Zhao captured Fang Baihua alive. Fang Baihua has a command score of 79, a force score of 86, an intelligence score of 83, and a politics score of 68. The host has obtained 9 soul points, and the current total number of soul points has increased to 57."
(PS: Zhan Zhao is Zhan X who was in Force 96 last time, and was implanted as a palace guard.)
