Du Fengju knew very well that it was too late to send people to Lishan at this time.
Even Wei Yan couldn't reach Lishan in such a short time.
According to the plan agreed between him and His Highness Changding, Cao Ning, as the secret chess of the East Palace family buried beside His Highness, was used to spy on information at critical moments.
Now that Prince Changding has arrived at Shannan Road, he is about to begin the last actual combat test. This is the most critical time.
Therefore, His Highness asked Cao Ning to reveal to the East Palace that she would go to Lishan in advance.
According to their judgment, the Donggong group will definitely take action after receiving the news. If Donggong's actions are to be effective on Lishan, they must rely on the local power of Lizhou.
In other words, if the Donggong family wanted to be disadvantageous to His Highness on Mount Li, they would have to rely on the soldiers of Lizhou and even the soldiers of Shannan Guard.
He also believed that the Donggong family had been operating for so many years, and there must be someone in Shannanwei who was cooperating with them. They didn't know who this person was, but they could boldly speculate.
The reason why bandits are so rampant in Shannan Weili Prefecture and they have been surrendered for many years. According to his and His Highness's analysis, the most important reason is that there must be soldiers to protect them.
Who among the Shannan guards and generals are guarding these evil-doing bandits? What level are these soldiers and generals at?
They don't know this now, but both he and His Highness feel that it is possible to speculate on this person even from the highest position.
What if the person secretly protecting the Lishan bandits is Shannanwei General Ling Hanxiao?
Ling Hanxiao is already in the third rank of officialdom, and has all the power and status. He is the highest rank of military commanders. There is no need to collude with bandits anymore. The gains outweigh the losses.
Therefore, the possibility that this person is Ling Hanxiao is very small.
The possibility is very small, which does not mean it is impossible.
If Dong Gong really colludes with Ling Hanxiao, then controlling the situation in Lishan will be easy.
They must consider this worst-case scenario.
He absolutely disapproved of His Highness becoming a bait, and His Highness would not put herself in such a dangerous situation.
So, while arranging for Cao Ning to reveal the news to the Donggong family, he and His Highness also made another plan, which was to attract Ling Hanxiao and the Shannan guard generals to Lishan.
The secret actions of the East Palace may be kept secret, but Shannanwei General Ling Hanxiao's every move, especially when he leads so many soldiers, cannot be hidden. ..
Wherever Ling Hanxiao appears, it will definitely be the center of attention.
Sometimes, the most powerful force also represents the most eye-catching target. The reason why he and His Highness brought Ling Hanxiao and Shannan Guard soldiers to Lishan Mountain was to use them to attract everyone's attention and let everyone see Go to Lishan.
In this way, even if His Highness encounters something dangerous in Lishan, his safety can be guaranteed under the focus of so many eyes.
Even if His Highness goes to Lishan in disguise, His Highness is of royal blood. As long as Ling Hanxiao does not have any intention of rebellion, there will be no problem with His Highness's safety.
However, Ling Hanxiao, who should have appeared in Lishan, now appears outside the Lizhou government office. This means that the East Palace did not actually collude with Ling Hanxiao!
The best way to remedy the situation is to make the matter as big as possible, big enough to gather all the troops of Shannan Guard here in Lizhou Mansion Office!
In this way, there is no possibility for Shannan Guard soldiers to go to Lishan!
In this way, the strength of His Highness and Henglou is enough to deal with the Lishan bandits!
At that moment, because he made a prompt decision, he asked Wei Yan to control Ling Hanxiao's deputy general Jiang Ce and make him assassinate His Highness.
There is nothing that attracts more attention than the rebellion of General Shannanwei, and there is nothing more difficult to deal with than the rebellion of Shannanwei soldiers.
Before he knows what happened in Lishan, he must make the matter here in Lizhou Mansion a maximum!
This kind of thinking means that in an instant,
It was completed in a short time, thanks to the presence of Wei Yan by his side, and Tao Jingyi's reaction ability was first-rate, perfectly matching his ideas.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to do this now.
Fortunately, the situation was as he expected, and Ling Hanxiao was fooled.
Under such circumstances, no matter what the Pavilion Master said, no matter how unreasonable the matter was, he must make sure Ling Hanxiao assassinated His Highness!
So, he looked at Zhao Shuao and said calmly: "Pavilion Master, what is going on? Didn't you see it? The deputy general next to General Ling actually dared to assassinate His Highness in public. Could it be that, as His Highness said, General Shannanwei There is an intention to rebel, otherwise, there is really no way to explain such a thing?"
"That's nonsense! Jiang Ce has passed out now. What happened can only be found out after he wakes up." Ling Hanxiao said angrily, and he would never let this dirty water be poured on him.
At this time, he wanted to slap this martial arts gentleman to death.
You dare to say such things to such a little gentleman in front of him. You are so courageous!
However, he did not do this because he knew very well that a little Mr. Dudu was nothing.
What really made things uncontrollable, or in other words suppressed him, was the Princess Changding in the carriage who had never shown up.
Sure enough, after Du Fengju finished speaking, Zheng Ji's hoarse voice came out of the carriage again.
"Pavilion Master, you have also seen that if it were not for the fact that I still have martial arts, I might have been dead. I suspect that Ling Hanxiao has evil intentions! Pass the order of this palace and have the Shannan guards escort him immediately. If there is any violation, This palace will definitely report it to Father and punish them for their disrespect!"
Hearing this sentence, Ling Hanxiao and Zhao Shuao were both confused.
What does it mean? Why did His Highness suddenly ask General Shannan Wei to protect her?
You know, the soldiers and generals of Shannan Guard are all Ling Hanxiao's subordinates. If Ling Hanxiao is suspected of being unruly, why should he still use his people?
Ling Hanxiao himself felt baffled. What did your Highness mean?
As everyone knows, Tao Jingyi in the carriage actually doesn't understand what this sentence means.
However, this sentence is the clearest instruction she has received now, from Mr. Du Duan.
The person beside her conveyed Mr. Du Duan's meaning.
Mr. Du Duan would never harm His Highness, so it was the best way for her to do as Mr. Du Duan said.
In Du Fengju's view, it is true that these Shannan Guard soldiers are Ling Hanxiao's men, but these Shannan Guard soldiers are soldiers of the Imperial Dynasty. What is wrong with using soldiers of the Imperial Dynasty to protect His Highness?
