In the dark room, the Eight-sided Han Sword in Li Xuan's right hand stood upright in front of him, and his two eyes stared straight at Chen Zhong through the blade.
His eyes were cold and indifferent.
"We have said what should be said and what should not be said. Why don't you leave yet?" Li Xuan's voice was very soft, but Chen Zhong clenched his fists at this moment.
If their plan hadn't gone awry, he wouldn't have come to see King Nanchang.
Then he was so humiliated by this young man.
At this time, Chen Zhong suddenly took a step forward, and the sound of swords sounded immediately behind Li Xuan.
Under the combined action of silk and Yuan Qi, the soft sword flew up again, hovering rapidly above Li Xuan's head.
Even the speed is getting faster and faster. Once saved, the power will be extremely huge.
"The old slave is indeed leaving, but before leaving, the old slave wants to warn the prince. The Holy Queen once said that the Demon Queen will kill all the princes in the entire clan who can threaten her status, including the prince." After Chen Zhong finished speaking, he stared at Li Xuan.
Li Xuan looked at Chen Zhong unexpectedly calmly, tilted his head, even frowned, and asked in confusion: "Does anyone still need to deliberately warn others about this kind of thing? Every clan member should understand their rights since they are born. The cruelty of the battle... In today's court, even if there is no queen, there will be others, no need to be surprised at this, right?"
Chen Zhong's back suddenly felt cold. Although he was a chamberlain, he had never experienced a truly cruel bloody battle in the court.
Who would have thought that Li Xuan, the current king of the county, would be so accustomed to such things.
Li Xuan seemed to see through what Chen Zhong was thinking at a glance, and said: "It's not your fault. You, and our Holy Queen, have lived in seclusion in the mountains for many years, and have come into contact with many incompetent and mediocre people. They have long forgotten How cruel is the struggle for power...
I would like to remind you that not long ago, after the prince died of illness, another prince died of illness and a county prince was assigned. It is estimated that it will not be long before he will also die of illness on the road. Do you think this kind of thing needs to be done by me? Did you remind me on purpose? "
Chen Zhong didn't know what he thought of. He clenched his fist fiercely, but then relaxed it, with a smile on his face: "The King of Nanchang's words are indeed sharp and extraordinary. This old slave has learned... Thinking about it this way, With King Nanchang at the center, the Demon Queen's life may not be so stable."
As he spoke, Chen Zhong moved backward slightly, about to retreat into the darkness behind him.
Suddenly, as if he thought of something, Chen Zhong stopped suddenly and raised his head to look at Li Xuan: "Your Majesty, although lovesickness is the secret medicine of the Tang Dynasty, it has been used several dynasties ago. The most important thing is that this There is an antidote to planting poison.”
Li Xuan raised her eyes and glanced at Chen Zhong: "Poisons with antidotes are suitable for use at home, while poisons without antidotes are suitable for taking out and using outside. If we meet again next time, sir, please be careful." .”
"Ha!" Chen Zhong chuckled.
The next moment, his whole person had completely retreated into darkness.
The window squeaked slightly, just opened a small gap, and then fell down.
Li Xuan knew that at this time, Chen Zhong had completely disappeared.
"The exquisite dice and the red beans make me miss you deeply."
Li Xuan sighed softly.
Sure enough, this poison still has no effect on a master like Chen Zhong.
Li Xuan walked to the window on one side, opened it, and a drop of rainwater came in directly from the outside.
Before it even hit the ground, the raindrops turned into infinite rain and mist, directly hitting everything in the room.
Li Xuan gently rotated her wrist, and for a moment, all the rain and fog in the room began to rotate rapidly.
A vortex of rain and mist suddenly appeared, and all the breath in the room was stirred into the vortex of rain and mist in an instant, and finally condensed infinitely into Li Xuan's hands.
A little red water droplet gathered in Li Xuan's hand.
"Okay, you can come down now." Li Xuan suddenly raised her head and looked at the roof above.
The next moment, a figure fell directly from the roof and landed outside the window.
Wearing a black silk robe, a sharp long knife, and piercing eyes, he was clearly none other than Li Zhu.
"Your Majesty!" Li Zhu raised his hands to Li Xuan and said, "Is your Majesty okay?"
"It's okay. The old guy came tonight. Although he wanted to test him, he had no real intention to kill me. Otherwise, you would have been unable to settle down for a long time." Li Xuan raised his head and looked at the sudden rise outside. Feng Yu frowned and said to himself, "Is there something wrong with the situation?"
"What's wrong?" Li Zhu stood on one side, cupped his hands, and looked at Li Xuan in surprise.
"Chen Zhong is the most considerate person around Empress Wei. It can be said that he takes care of everything she has." At this point, Li Xuan paused for a moment, and then said: "His status in the Tianyin Sect is , just like the position of Wang Fulai, the chief steward of the inner court, in the palace, why do you think such a person suddenly appears here and comes to see the king suddenly? There are too many things wrong here. "
Can you imagine how Wang Fulai felt when the chief executive of the inner court suddenly appeared in front of him?
That means that the emperor's eyes have fallen on you at this time.
Although Li Xuan thought he had made some achievements, he absolutely did not believe that Queen Tianyin would set her sights on him so easily.
It is not normal for such a high-ranking steward of the inner court to suddenly come out of the palace to negotiate a deal with you when he is not in the palace.
"Something happened somewhere!" Li Xuan said with extreme certainty.
Something very important and urgent must have happened.
This led Chen Zhong to leave the Tianyin Sect General Forum and appear at the foot of the mountain. When he came to see Li Xuan, he probably saw more opportunities.
Opportunity is only one aspect, it is more of a temptation.
If Li Xuan is easy to fool, then maybe the city gate of Meiling Pass has been opened by now.
If he is not fooled, he can also take the opportunity to understand Li Xuan's personality, master his way of doing things, and deeply explore his weaknesses.
Of course, it’s more about preparing for something.
Something is out of control.
"It looks like we have to speed up our preparations." Li Xuan waved her hand and said to Li Zhu, "Go down and rest. That's it for tonight."
"Here!" Li Zhu slowly retreated.
The silk in his hand took back the soft sword and wrapped it around his waist. Li Xuan lay on the bed fully clothed.
Staring at the darkness above, Li Xuan couldn't help but wonder what happened that would cause people like Chen Zhong to suddenly appear in front of Li Xuan.
Why, what exactly happened?
This must be something very detrimental to the Tianyin Sect, so Chen Zhong would come forward to make up for it, and he was involved in a higher level.
So is it an internal matter of Tianyin Sect or an external matter of Tianyin Sect?
There is always something stirring in my mind.
Li Xuan could not sleep peacefully, so he could only close his eyes and rest.
Suddenly, Li Xuan's eyes lit up.
Two words suddenly appeared in his mind.
Immediately, Li Xuan smiled.
I'm afraid this matter needs to be put to good use.
…
A group of soldiers quickly retreated from the north. Yan Tao, who was standing at the city gate, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Then he raised his hands to Li Xuan and said, "Reporting to the prince, all the soldiers who went north to hunt have been retreated."
Li Xuan stood outside the city gate, and the light of the setting sun fell on his body, stretching it extra long.
"The main force of the Tianyin Sect has gathered. Staying outside will only be in vain. Now we only need to wait." Li Xuan turned around, looked at Qi Guang who was waiting on one side, waved his hand, and said: " Let’s do it!”
"Here!" Qi Guang raised his hand to Li Xuan, and then immediately led a team of men to carry the many blue stones placed on one side to the city gate.
"The city gates are all sealed, and wooden wedges are inserted in the middle to make sure that no one can shake it."
Li Xuan stood at the gate of the city, holding down the wooden stakes beside her with one hand, and said, "We will use these wooden stakes to top it up later to reinforce a layer of defense."
"Your Majesty, is this too cautious?" Yan Tao looked at Li Xuan with some surprise.
"Yan Canjun, your final report yesterday was how many Tianyin Sect reinforcements came?" Li Xuan turned sideways and looked at Yan Tao.
"Reporting to the prince, there are more than two thousand people." Yan Tao immediately handed over his hand.
Although he was not very close yesterday, the general number could still be judged from a distance.
"There are about 2,500 enemy troops now, and we don't rule out the possibility of reinforcements coming at any time later. I roughly estimate that there are 3,000 troops, which is not too much." Li Xuan summed up all their troops this time in one sentence. The number of Tianyin cultists that need to be faced has increased to three thousand.
"It's not too much." Yan Tao quickly handed over his hand, his expression suddenly became embarrassing.
More than two thousand people and three thousand people are completely different concepts.
The pressure on him suddenly became much heavier.
Li Xuan nodded, seeing that Yan Tao understood this, and then started to walk back.
The open space here was filled with all kinds of trebuchets before, but now, all those trebuchets have disappeared.
Li Xuan walked along the corridor towards the city gate tower. Zhou Shen, who was guarding the city gate tower at the moment, immediately raised his hand to Li Xuan.
Li Xuan waved her hand and looked to the west from here. The rows of crossbows were already filled with various crossbows.
Bows and arrows are placed below, hammers are placed behind them, and there is a large pot filled with water ready to boil.
These things are all prepared to be used as means to deal with Tianyin Sect's siege in the future.
Twenty meters on both sides of the city gate tower, there is a trebuchet, surrounded by stones.
As long as Li Xuan gives an order, these stones will immediately pour out of the city.
Under the rolling stone, I don’t know how many dead souls will be added.
"I'm afraid the methods we used before are no longer secrets. Even if you and I have some ingenuity and can hide those things temporarily, they will be revealed bit by bit in the future when we fight with our opponents. Come down, what we are going to face is a tough battle." Li Xuan turned to look at Yan Tao, and Yan Tao's expression became more solemn.
They guarded Meiling Pass, and the main force of Tianyin Sect could not enter Wuzhou from Meiling Pass.
Wujiang has been closed again. Now the fastest and most direct way is to open the Meiling Pass.
Li Xuan calculated his opponents based on three thousand people, which was definitely not too many.
"The backup I'm waiting for?" Yan Tao looked at Li Xuan worriedly.
"There is no need to worry too much about this. I have already written to the governor, begging him to send another 500 soldiers to Meiling Pass. As long as there are 500 more soldiers and enough crossbows to support us, we can do it." Hold Meiling Pass firmly." Li Xuan responded calmly.
Yan Tao's breathing immediately became easier, and he immediately handed over his hand and complimented: "Your Majesty, it's better for you to think about it carefully."
As soon as he finished speaking, Yan Tao seemed to be keenly aware of something, and subconsciously raised his head: "Your Majesty, did you say crossbow support?"
"We don't lack arrows here. What we really lack are bows." Li Xuan looked at the mountains and dense forests in the distance and said softly: "If we want to completely strangle three thousand people, the long bow in our hands will There is also a bow string, which is simply not enough to be pulled so many times, even for a crossbow. In terms of making this crossbow, the bow string is the most difficult to make, and the same goes for the catapult. This is our biggest weakness."
Yan Tao didn't hear very clearly what Li Xuan said. He only wrote down four words.
Complete strangulation.
Three thousand people.
(End of chapter)
