"What!" Li Xuan couldn't help but stood up. He stared at Yanzhuang and asked through gritted teeth: "How many weapons are there, how many people can be equipped, where do they come from, and how many people are they shipped to?" Where did it go? Also, did they only transport this batch or a lot of them?"
"There should be more than one batch, but this batch should be the largest. As for the others, I don't know. King Nanchang, you must find a way to recover them and then plug this loophole." Yan Zhuang stared straight at it. Li Xuan's face was extremely solemn.
"Nonsense, it doesn't matter what you say. If Yangzhou's weapons reach Wuzhou, the first one who will be unlucky will be me." Li Xuan glared at Yanzhuang fiercely, then his eyes converged, lowered his head, and gently He knocked on the desk, smiling wryly in thought.
After a moment, Li Xuan raised his head and asked with a serious face: "You just said that He Chang, one of the four hall masters, sent Wen Bingyan, the master of Huaiyang Hall of Tianyin Sect, to Yongchang Bo. So the weapon is Are they not from the Yongchang Bo Mansion, the Shi family and the Zhang family, or the Xinlin Zhe Chong Mansion?"
"I don't know, this is something that the prince needs to investigate." Yan Zhuang shrugged indifferently, and then said: "I have said all that I have to say, please leave."
"Brother Yan, wait a moment. I'm getting impatient. I apologize." Li Xuan calmed down and then said in a deep voice: "I wonder if you can tell me how many people the Tianyin Sect has in the entire Yangzhou now? How many people do they have in the Tianyin Sect? To what extent has the influence of the entire Yangzhou penetrated?"
"The King of Nanchang wants to ask, will the Tianyin Sect's layout in Yangzhou affect Wuzhou?" Yan Zhuang saw through what Li Xuan was thinking at a glance, and finally shook his head and said, "I have just been in Yangzhou for a few days. , not much is known, except for the saint of Tianyin Sect who had met in Luoyang before and Wen Bingyan, the leader of Huaiyang Hall who was hiding in Yongchang Bofu, I only know that the person behind all this and plotting the conspiracy is Tianyin. An Rongxiang, one of the four great elders, I have no idea where he is or what his identity is."
Yan Zhuang smiled bitterly and spread his hands. That was all he knew about the Tianyin Sect.
"The four elders of Tianyin Sect, An Rongxiang." Upon hearing this name, Li Xuan's expression immediately brightened: "It's good to know who it is."
A series of recent events made him feel confused for a while, but now everything is finally clear.
Hidden behind everything, the person responsible for planning and getting through all the connections must be An Rongxiang, one of the four elders.
Wen Bingyan is nothing more than a character who connects the upper and lower parts in the middle.
As for Ye Wanwan, Li Xuan had already seen that she was just a little chess piece thrown out to attract attention.
All the clues began to coalesce with An Rongxiang as the final source, and everything quickly became clear.
"Then get rid of the Cao Gang first, then deal with Wen Bingyan, and finally find An Rongxiang." Li Xuan cleared up her thoughts little by little.
He subconsciously raised his head and looked at Yan Zhuang. Only then did he realize that Yan Zhuang had left quietly.
"This guy." Li Xuan snorted, shook her head, and continued thinking.
Yan Zhuang came here to find him, just to take advantage of him.
What was said before was a fake assassination in Luoyang, but now it almost became real, and it was the witch Ye Wanwan who personally carried out the assassination.
Naturally, Yan Zhuang's own arrangements were no longer needed. He had successfully gained trust by saving Ye Wanwan's life.
As for the next step, it is nothing more than causing the Yangzhou branch to suffer heavy losses, and then Yanzhuang and the remaining people leave Yangzhou alive and return to the mountains.
Tianyin Sect and An Rongxiang's plans in Luoyang must be destroyed.
Li Xuan held an umbrella in her hand and walked in the rainy night.
The strong wind blew against the umbrella surface, but it did not deform the umbrella at all, let alone wet Li Xuan under the umbrella.
Li Xuan's eyes retracted from the secret whistle hidden in the corner of the wall, and fell on the gate of the side courtyard in front of him.
The courtyard door was open, and there were scattered lights inside.
In the rainy night, there were very few people who had not rested.
There were slight footsteps, and then a window was opened.
Wearing a green skirt and gauze, her eyes are cold.
Xu Waner stood at the window and looked at Li Xuan calmly.
Li Xuan walked over, pushed open the door that was wet with raindrops, walked in, turned around, and closed the door to block the wind and rain.
Under the light, Xu Waner silently lowered the window, walked to the threshold between the bedroom and the central hall, and looked at Li Xuan without fear.
Li Xuan took a step back, and Xu Waner walked out of the bedroom, then gently closed the bedroom.
"Your Majesty, please take a seat." Xu Waner pointed to the round table placed in the center of the nave. On the round table were several white porcelain teacups and a flickering candle. Z.br>
"You waited until now?" Li Xuan sat down at the round table, and then looked up at Xu Waner.
Close at hand, Xu Waner's bright face, fair skin, looming ravines, and calm eyes appeared directly in front of Li Xuan's eyes.
"If the prince needs it, Wan'er should do his best." Xu Wan'er stood and gave Li Xuan a cup of tea, then stood respectfully to one side.
Xu Waner was given to Li Xuan as a slave by the emperor. Although Li Xuan rarely criticized her during the difficult journey, she still maintained her position correctly.
"Tell me, what did you find when you went out today?" Li Xuan picked up the teacup and took a slight sip.
"I haven't gained much. Although Yangzhou is a romantic place, compared to Luoyang, women are easier to domesticate. Only some private prostitutes and young ladies who sing ditty know some information, but most of what they know is useless and may disappoint the prince." Xu Waner After finishing speaking, he stood quietly to one side.
"You always have news, otherwise you wouldn't have waited until now." Li Xuan held the white porcelain tea cup in her hand and looked at Xu Waner with a half-smile.
"The prince's eyes are as bright as fire." Xu Waner bowed slightly, and then whispered: "The Cao Gang is still the same as before, collecting beautiful women from all over the south of the Yangtze River, training them, and then sending them to Luoyang, Chang'an, and even the Western Regions. All of them were women who were trained by them but were not qualified to be sent to Shendu and Chang'an, so they had to stay in Yangzhou. After they grew old and their beauty faded, some of them married their lovers, some became private prostitutes, and some of them lived and died. .”
Li Xuan nodded and said, "If that's the case, then they must know who is responsible for such matters within the Caogang?"
Similarly, the people of Caogang may avoid promising young ladies, but they will not avoid these old and lustful female prostitutes.
"He Chang is one of the four hall masters. He has always been responsible for such matters." There was a trace of hatred in Xu Waner's eyes.
Back then, she was resold from Yangzhou to Luoyang by the Cao Gang. Now that she has returned to Yangzhou, her biggest wish is to find her family back then.
She does not resent her parents, although she does not remember whether she was sold by her parents or abducted.
If it's the former, the world is like this and there's nothing we can do about it; if it's the latter, the Caogang gang that was responsible for selling the young girls was the culprit.
Li Xuan didn't give Xu Waner much time, only three days. After three days, Li Xuan would leave for Wuzhou.
What really made Xu Waner work hard was that in addition to her own desire to find her parents through the Caobang's account books, Li Xuan also wanted to deal with the Caobang.
Although three days was not much time, it was enough for her to find out something useful.
"He Chang, where does this person usually go?" Li Xuan seemed to be asking Xu Waner, but he himself frowned.
As one of the four main hall leaders of the Cao Gang, He Chang usually comes and goes very secretly. I want to investigate his whereabouts. In the past two days...
"I don't know about other places, but there is one place that he has been going in and out of recently." Before Xu Waner could finish her words, Li Xuan raised her head and looked at her in disbelief. This was really surprising. , too timely.
"There is a compound in the southeast of the city. It is not He Chang's home, but he has been living there in recent days." Xu Waner smiled coldly and said through gritted teeth: "The reason why the maid knows this is because Yesterday, an old man who lost his granddaughter was beaten to death outside the gate of the compound, and his body was thrown into the Mangchang River to feed the fish..."
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I don't think they knew about it, or even if they knew about it, they wouldn't care about it. "Li Xuan looked calm, he was used to similar things.
Over the years, Li Xuan has already seen clearly that whether it is Li Zhi and Empress Wu in the capital, or the local governors and magistrates, they seem to control everything, but what they really control are only the wealthy families in various places.
They don't even bother to take a second look at ordinary people and other people at the bottom of society.
There are a lot of loopholes to exploit.
"Okay, you go to bed early tonight and don't go out tomorrow. Just wait and see the good show."
"My maid, thank you, Your Majesty." Xu Waner bit her lip, with infinite hope in her eyes.
