In the dark sky, the slanting moon hung high.
The moonlight fell on the center of a large courtyard in Xinchangfang, east of the center of Wuzhou City, looking slightly cold.
The crooked sweet-scented osmanthus tree is covered with golden buds, emitting a faint fragrance.
Li Xuan stood under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, looked at Mr. Bai in front of him, and confessed in a deep voice: "Tonight, from now on, the courtyard door will be locked, and no one is allowed to come in or out. Mr. Bai, please let everyone rest early. Tomorrow at 9 o'clock, we will still be here." Please arrange for Mr. Bai to prepare breakfast, I will get up early and go to the state government office."
"Here!" Mr. Bai retreated carefully, and immediately, the Qianniu Guards on both sides closed the doors to the front and back yards.
"During the night watch, pay attention to the movement in the front yard, but remember, no matter what happens, the door is not allowed to be opened. It doesn't matter if they have something to do, are sick, or have any other reasons to leave the house. , everyone said that the king is right, but no one is allowed to enter the backyard. If anyone rushes to the door, he will be shot to death."
"I obey the order!" The two Qianniu Guards immediately handed over their hands and stood solemnly at the door.
After finishing the explanation, Li Xuan turned around and walked towards the depths of the courtyard.
Li Zhu followed Li Xuan silently, like a ghost, following Li Xuan through the waterside pavilion, and finally came to the main room.
Qianniuwei has already arranged to stay in the surrounding houses.
However, although the lights were brightly lit at this moment, there were not many sounds coming from the room.
Everyone knows that the King of Nanchang is a quiet person. He is usually either studying or planning something. Everyone is used to this atmosphere.
As soon as he entered the main room, Li Xuan saw Yu Ze, Wang Bo and Du Bixing sitting there, arguing in low voices.
Seeing Li Xuan enter the door, the three of them stopped. Yu Ze stood up, looked at Li Xuan and asked: "Your Majesty, why don't we screen out the people in the front yard first, otherwise we always need to separate our attention. them."
"There's no rush." Li Xuan waved her hands and said, "When we first come to Wuzhou, we always want to give others a window to observe us. Among the people in the front yard, there are countless aristocratic families and even those who were installed by the Tianyin Sect. With their eyes on us, from a certain point of view, it has always been a layer of cover for us."
After a slight pause, Li Xuan looked at Yu Ze and asked in a deep voice, "What's going on? Have the plans been arranged?"
"It's arranged." Yu Ze nodded, then looked to Du Bixing to one side.
Du Bixing reached out and pushed a map of Wuzhou in front of Li Xuan, then clicked on the center of the map.
"Your Majesty, please see, this is the central watchtower of the five watchtowers in Wuzhou City, it is only two streets away from where we are.
With this place as the center and communicating with the other four watchtowers, we can immediately control everything in Wuzhou City through the watchtowers, and we can also issue orders to various gates at any time. "
Du Bixing pressed five fingers on the map at the same time, and slapped the entire Wuzhou directly: "The Tianyin Sect inside the city gate has been cleaned up in an orderly manner, so the next step is to take down these five watchtowers. After taking down the five watchtowers, there should be state offices, schools, aristocratic families and common people."
Li Xuan narrowed her eyes slightly and said, "After this, you can control the entire city."
At this moment, Li Zhu's voice sounded at the door: "Your Majesty, gentlemen, Qiu Beishen is back."
Li Xuan, Yu Ze, Wang Bo, and Du Bixing raised their heads at the same time and looked at Li Zhu, with relaxed expressions on their faces.
Li Xuan walked away and said, "Okay, let's go!"
The others quickly followed. The group did not go out of the house, but walked deeper into the room.
Until they reached Li Xuan's bedroom.
At this time, Li Zhu took the lead and pressed somewhere on the front wall.
The next moment, the entire wall immediately slid sideways.
A secret door immediately appeared in front of Li Xuan.
In fact, it is not a secret door, because on the opposite side, the candlelight is bright, and standing in the opposite room is Qiu Zhenmu, who is dressed in red and golden armor.
Standing next to Qiu Zhenmu, dressed in black, is
Li Mo was sent to Wuzhou by Li Xuan before.
Li Mo has been quietly lurking in Wuzhou, liaising with the inside and outside for Li Xuan, and at the same time keeping a silent eye on everyone here.
But no one could have imagined that Li Mo not only knew the location of the residence prepared for Li Xuan in Wuzhou Prefecture in advance, but even bought the courtyard behind it in advance.
Even more quietly, the two courtyards were directly connected.
Li Xuan, Yu Ze, Wang Bo, and Du Bixing had obviously known this for a long time, but they still kept this secret secret.
Who knows what these calculating and gloomy guys will do with this place.
Li Xuan stepped into the house opposite, looked at Qiu Zhenmu and Li Mo up and down, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "I feel relieved when I see that you two are fine. Let's talk about business. How is the situation now? Among all the houses in Wuzhou, who is making any noise tonight?"
"Your Majesty." Qiu Zhenmu said with a slightly apologetic look on his face: "Tonight, the Shen family, Qian family, Yang family and Teng family have carrier pigeons flying. As for where they are going, according to the prince's order, they belong to It was not intercepted or taken down for inspection."
"All four families have homing pigeons flying?" Li Xuan frowned slightly and couldn't help but pace back and forth in the room.
Suddenly, he stopped suddenly, looked up at Qiu Zhenmu, and asked, "Whose carrier pigeons fly the most, and whose carrier pigeons fly the least?"
"The Qian family has the most carrier pigeons, the Yang family has the least carrier pigeons, and the other two families are average." Qiu Zhenmu had a thoughtful look on his face.
Based on his understanding of Li Xuan, Li Xuan's question would definitely not be without purpose. He must have a reason for asking.
So what exactly can be shown by changes in the number of homing pigeons?
"Carrier pigeons are news." Li Xuan directly revealed the secret behind the carrier pigeons in one sentence: "The more carrier pigeons take off, it means they are closely connected with the outside world. The less carrier pigeons take off, it is actually not so much that they are not in close contact with the outside world. Be very cautious in contacting the outside world."
"The Qian family has minerals in every county in Wuzhou. If we say who has the most armed guards in the entire Wuzhou, except for the government and the Tianyin Sect, the Qian family would say second, but no one would dare to say first, so this is also true. As a result, the Tianyin Sect has been keeping an eye on them."
Li Xuan sneered and said: "The Qian family not only has people, but also wealth. As long as it can annex the entire Qian family, the power of Tianyin Sect will be able to expand rapidly and even quickly compete with the government. The Qian family themselves also know this. , and naturally have close connections with all directions.”
"What the prince means is that the Tianyin Sect is not really targeting the Shangxi Gold Mine in Dongyang, but all the Qian family's mines in Wuzhou." Qiu Zhenmu was shocked. He did not expect that the Tianyin Sect's The layout is so big.
Li Xuan nodded and said: "This is not surprising, because if it were me, I would do the same thing. In fact, I had already discussed this with Uncle Yu when we were in Luoyang, so when we arrived in Wu After the state was established, a series of highly targeted actions were launched.”
Li Xuan and Yu Ze had already started planning everything as early as Luoyang.
Qiu Zhenmu nodded suddenly, but then he couldn't help but asked: "What about the Yang family?"
"The Yang clan has always had a small number of people. Although almost all of them are talents, it is precisely because of this that any death or injury to a direct clan member is an unbearable pain for their entire family." Li Xuan turned her head and looked at Yu Ze.
Yu Ze nodded slightly and said: "If you want to choose the best company in Wuzhou, it seems that the only one is Yang's.".z.br>
"But it's not so absolute. Who knows if the Yang family is just a cover on the surface, and the real core may be somewhere else." Li Xuan looked up at Li Zhu and said in a deep voice: "We need to keep an eye on each family. Let’s continue and see whose actions are the most contrary to normal in the next few days, then that person may really be a traitor to the Tianyin Sect.”
Of course it was an internal thief. Li Xuan had already calculated from the beginning that the Tianyin Sect would inevitably have hidden clues in the Wuzhou government office.
But he didn't expect that almost half of the people in Wuzhou today are followers of the Tianyin Sect.
This is equivalent to almost half of the people in Wuzhou.
He is the spy of Tianyin Sect.
"My subordinate's order!" Li Zhu bowed his hands to Li Xuan seriously, then raised his head, looked at Li Xuan, and asked cautiously and worriedly: "Your Majesty, I shot an arrow at the north gate before, I wonder if there is any injury..." "
That arrow, the arrow that Li Xuan suffered before at the gate of Wuzhou city, actually came from Li Mo.
Or to be more precise, it was Li Xuan himself.
Li Mo is a master of archery. Earlier when he was in Yangzhou, he had shot and wounded the Tianyin demon Ye Wanwan with a bow and arrow.
Previously on the city gate tower, it was Li Mo who shot a fierce arrow at Li Xuan with the Fuyuan Crossbow.
Fortunately, both Li Zhu and Li Xuan were prepared in advance.
Although it looked like it was very difficult for them to catch the arrow from the outside, only they themselves knew that it was not difficult for them to catch the arrow.
It was that carefully calculated arrow that caused huge turmoil in Wuzhou City tonight.
And this turmoil is just above the surface of the water now.
They cannot see what is hidden deep under the water, and no one knows how thrilling it is.
That's why they need to keep a closer eye, because only when their opponents take action can they take advantage of it.
"You shouldn't ask me about this, you should ask Li Zhu." Li Xuan turned to look at Li Zhu and said with a hint of worry: "Li Zhu withstood most of the force of your arrow. His The muscles and bones must have been shaken to some extent, and you can just make up for it once later."
Li Zhu nodded slightly to Li Mo without speaking.
Li Mo and Li Zhu grew up together, so they naturally knew that he was saying that there was nothing wrong with him.
This conversation between several people surprised everyone present.
In fact, this is exactly what they planned in advance.
"When we arrive in Wuzhou, we must be careful in everything we do. No one knows how many sinister plots are waiting for us in the visible and invisible corners.
Instead of passively waiting for others to take action, it is better to take the initiative and directly muddy the clear lake in the other person's eyes, so that those who come after me can have the opportunity to fish in troubled waters. "
Li Xuan sighed with emotion, he had expected the difficult situation in Wuzhou.
Even the governor Wang Fanglin was seriously injured, and Sima was directly stabbed to death. Li Xuan, the newly appointed Wuzhou Biejia, was not important enough in the eyes of others.
It has been two months since the assassination, and no one knows how much privacy has been implemented in the plan.
Li Xuan entered Wuzhou rashly at this time, and what he wanted to do was in the hands of others.
It was precisely in order to turn passivity into initiative that Li Xuan carefully planned the assassination on the city gate tower.
There are also various conspiracies that follow, the purpose is to bring them opportunities where others cannot see them.
"Watchtowers, take down four city gates. Now as long as we take down five more watchtowers, I may really be able to sleep peacefully tonight."
Li Xuan looked at the location of the watchtower on the map, with a rare serious look on his face.
With the four-story central watchtower in hand, all the movements of the entire Wuzhou Tianyin Sect can hardly escape Li Xuan's eyes.
