The drizzle was misty, and a figure riding on a tall horse came slowly from the rain curtain.
The man in black clothes and gold armor, holding a seven-step measuring stick, was none other than Li Xuan.
"King of Nanchang."
Zhou Zhi stuck his head out of the car window and looked at Li Xuan who suddenly appeared. A trace of panic flashed in his eyes: "You...have you been following me this whole time?"
Li Xuan raised her head slightly, a glimmer of light flashed in her eyes, she stared at Zhou Zhi, sneered at the corner of her mouth, and said softly: "Why, it's a little strange to be a minister, isn't it?"
In one sentence, Zhou Zhi suddenly felt like he couldn't breathe.
Until now, he still didn't know that Li Xuan had actually locked onto him a long time ago.
It was not what he thought at all. He was one of the more than thirty people who were being watched in secret. He was the one Li Xuan had been staring at.
Thanks to his various actions at the Qujiang Banquet, it turned out that people had been watching him for a long time.
Zhou Zhi felt sad in his heart, he knew he was finished.
Taking a deep breath, Zhou Zhi raised his hands and asked, "May I ask the King of Nanchang, where did Xianguan miss the mark?"
"You spent too much money on the minister, but I can't find out the source of your money." Li Xuan's eyes turned to look at the carriage.
Although he couldn't see anything, Zhou Zhi knew that Li Xuan had already targeted the visitor from Wanxiang Pavilion in the carriage.
But at this time, Zhou Zhi could no longer care about this. He was stunned for a moment, and then said with a wry smile: "What if Xianguan said that Xianguan never needs to spend money to go to Qinxiang Garden?"
"Why bother to quibble? It's not that you don't have to spend money, but that your money has already been spent in advance." A disdainful sneer flashed in the corner of Li Xuan's eyes.
This kind of thing is just done in a subtle way, and the essence has not changed at all. The essence of what he comes in and out again and again is a large amount of money.
There will be no exceptions, especially for places like Qinxiangyuan. It is originally used to collect money. How can it be possible without spending money?
Li Xuan really didn't understand how he had the nerve to say such things.
Zhou Zhi was about to continue explaining when suddenly his expression changed and he looked into the rain and fog around him.
Although Zhou Zhi couldn't see it, he knew that the entire long street was now being watched closely.
Taking a deep breath, Zhou Zhi's face became solemn: "The official is a little puzzled. Tonight, the soldiers and officials of Qianniu Guard, Jinwu Guard, Dali Temple, and Wannian, Chang'an and the two counties are all... He has his own duties, if the prince uses manpower to monitor tonight, the subordinates should not be able to notice it."
Zhou Zhi is a smart man. In order to prevent Li Xuan from giving you anything tonight, he has already kept an eye on Li Xuan's people.
Although Zhou Zhi is not very skilled, his memory is not bad.
He had already secretly kept an eye on the people that Li Xuan often used under his command, especially those from Qianniu Guard, Jinwu Guard and Dali Temple.
If there is any change, he will immediately terminate the transaction.
But until now, there has been no news of any changes. The soldiers and officials of Qianniu Guard, Jinwu Guard, Dali Temple, and Wannian and Chang'an counties are all in their respective positions. In other words, Li Xuan didn't use these people at all.
Especially for these people, although Zhou Zhi didn't say that everyone knew them, he still remembered their basic characteristics and could recognize them at a glance when he saw them.
But these people didn't show up at all, especially after the banquet in Qujiang, countless people dispersed. Shouldn't Li Xuan suspect that the news had been sent away, thus being distracted?
The people from Wanxiang Pavilion showed up here unexpectedly, wasn't it just to surprise them?
But everything was planned by Li Xuan, and both of them were blocked here by him. Why?
Seeing the doubts on Zhou Zhi's face, Li Xuan shook his head slightly and said softly: "The minister is a careful person. Naturally, I will not show off my feet in Qianniu Guard, Jinwu Guard, and Dali Temple, so I The people who use it are never people with these aspects,”
"consult?"
"You have forgotten, this is Chang'an City. Is there another yamen here that can justifiably deploy a large number of manpower to monitor in secret without being discovered?"
"May I ask which one it is?"
"Yongzhou Mansion." Li Xuan said one sentence, and Zhou Zhi's expression changed instantly.
Yongzhou Prefecture, Yongzhou Mu.
The last pastor of Yongzhou was Prince Li Xian.
Although Li Xian didn't pay much attention to the affairs of Yongzhou Prefecture, he kept transferring people from Yongzhou Prefecture.
Especially after he succeeded as the crown prince, too many people from the entire Yongzhou Prefecture were transferred to the East Palace.
As for the remaining people, there are more people who want to be transferred to the East Palace, so as long as Li Xian sends a word, the Yongzhou Prefecture will immediately send countless people to help Li Xuan.
The people from Yongzhou Prefecture are also locals. If they were quietly lurking around Zhou Zhi, it would be really difficult for Zhou Zhi to find them.
"It seems that I have underestimated the prince. I didn't expect that in addition to being tough, the prince is also very patient and has sharp eyesight. He could see through this gentleman from Wanxiang Pavilion at a glance and he would show up here." Zhou Zhi sighed softly and looked back at the car.
His biggest problem was that he underestimated Li Xuan.
In Qujiang Pool before, in such a mixed crowd, there were so many people who had the opportunity to exchange information with him at any time, but Li Xuan actually turned a blind eye to them all.
It was as if the people from Wanxiang Pavilion would not appear in Qujiang Pool, but in the end he actually blocked people in the street.
Zhou Zhi looked at the visitor from Wanxiang Pavilion. Although he didn't say a word at this moment, the complaint in his eyes was extremely clear.
The face of the person in Wanxiang Pavilion couldn't help but darken. He didn't expect that his unexpected behavior had been seen through.
Li Xuan took two steps forward on his horse, shook his head and sighed: "The minister was wrong. I never thought that he would appear at this time. If I had known this, then I would not have sent so many I was watching the minister in Qujiang, and even heard some words that I shouldn't have heard."
Zhou Zhi turned his head sharply, stared at Li Xuan, squinted his eyes, and said coldly: "What is the King of Nanchang talking about?"
"What else can I say? It's nothing more than sending people to monitor." Li Xuan looked at Zhou Zhi with some pity and said softly: "The minister may not know that there are two or three people on your boat at any time. He stuck himself under the boat and eavesdropped on every word he said to the minister."
"Impossible!" Zhou Zhi shouted suddenly, his heart beating rapidly.
The Qujiang Pond is vast, and although ships are constantly coming and going, with Zhou Zhi's ability, he absolutely cannot allow people to eavesdrop under the ship for so long without him finding out anything.
What's more, the bottom of the river is cold and there is almost no air. It is impossible for ordinary people to stay at the bottom of the boat for too long.
If they had frequent contacts, these people would have been discovered by Zhou Zhi long ago. Zhou Zhi did not believe a word of Li Xuan's words.
Because if Li Xuan really heard every word he said on the boat and knew the role of Qin Xiangyuan in this matter, then even if he could escape from Li Xuan this time, he would not be able to escape. He might have escaped the sanctions of those behind Qinxiangyuan.
Li Xuan took a slight step forward on horseback again. At the same time, three horses followed Li Xuan and rushed out of the rain curtain.
Li Zhu, Qin Ming, and Cui Ding were guarding Li Xuan, ready to attack Zhou Zhi at any time.
"It's just a small trick. You only need to prepare enough sheepskin airbags in advance. It's not too difficult to wait for half an hour at a time." Li Xuan shook her head expressionlessly and said, "Give it to Lang Bei." Coming from a local background, it’s normal for me not to know much about these little southern tricks.”
"Sheepskin airbag?" Although Zhou Zhi had never seen what an airbag looked like, he roughly knew the function of these things based on these words.
"Gui Shilang." Li Xuan looked at Zhou Zhi and said softly: "I know that Gui Shilang is waiting for someone to rescue him, but please rest assured that Gui Shilang is actually waiting to see who is there. Who dares to risk the disapproval of the world and rescue a rebellious person who betrayed the Tang Dynasty and had an affair with Tubo?"
"No, I didn't." Zhou Zhi couldn't help but speak directly, with a panic look on his face. Li Xuan was right.
Li Xuan sneered softly and said: "If you tell me that you don't have any, then please take a good look at what is on your carriage."
Zhou Zhi's breathing became heavy. He was now keenly aware that Li Xuan's grasp of him and the person behind him was far beyond his expectations.
"Gui Shilang, no one will come tonight." Li Xuan sighed softly and said, "I have already given Gui Shilang time, but it is obvious that those people have given up on you."
Zhou Zhi's heart was extremely heavy, and he didn't know that those people would not come forward to save him.
Those people are best at hiding in the corners of the shadows and plotting secretly. If they were really asked to stand up and confront the King of Nanchang, none of them would dare.
Because it was the King of Nanchang who stood up, but the one who stood behind the King of Nanchang was the emperor.
Zhou Zhi subconsciously raised his head and his eyes fell on the visitor from Wanxiang Pavilion who was right in front of him.
In an instant, the sword flashed, and the black dagger was placed on Zhou Zhi's neck. With a gentle touch, a drop of blood fell from Zhou Zhi's throat.
Li Xuan couldn't help laughing.
An unusually conspicuous entry fell out from the head of the visitor from Wanxiang Pavilion.
[Bai Ying, the deputy master of the Wanxiang Pavilion, is proficient in the secrets of Wanxiang Pavilion, can incarnate into millions of people, become a substitute for death, and has the realm of the mysterious fetus (Wanxiang Divine Skill, which can be stripped off). 】
The secret method of all things can be incarnated into millions.
Li Xuan has learned that this method is quite fatal to others, but it is useless against Li Xuan.
Although the Mysterious Technique of Wanxiang Pavilion is closer to reality than the Tianyin Illusion Technique of Tianyin Sect, in fact, it never changes away from its origin.
It's just to deceive the eyes, deceive the heart, and deceive others.
But what does it mean for a substitute to become dead and have this ability? Li Xuan suddenly became interested.
He is someone who will go to the battlefield sooner or later. It would be great if he could have a technique to avoid death.
…
"You two actually don't have to be like this." Li Xuan, riding on a tall horse, wearing a golden armor and holding a long black spear, said calmly: "You two seem to be in a desperate situation today, and there may not be a chance to survive. "
Bai Ying and Zhou Zhi both raised their heads at the same time, looking at Li Xuan with faces full of surprise: Is this still alive?
Li Xuan smiled softly and looked towards the direction of the palace: "What you two have done is to abandon your family and the country. According to the law, you should be hanged. Your wife and children have been exiled for three thousand miles, and you will not be pardoned. But Your Majesty is kind to you. If you abandon darkness and turn to light, there will be opportunities for tolerance."
"Can your Majesty still be exempted from the crime of being demoted?" Zhou Zhi looked at Li Xuan and couldn't help but sneer.
"It's natural to avoid the inevitable. It's not a bad idea to make up for it with merit." Li Xuan looked at Zhou Zhi and said softly: "As long as the minister can assist Qian Niuwei in plotting against Tubo, once he succeeds, he will not be reinstated. But returning home safely is not bad at all. Gui Shilang, how much Your Majesty wants to completely defeat Tubo, Gui Shilang should be aware of it. If you can do this, others dare not tell, I guarantee that your wife and children , will never fall behind others.”
Others, who, Qiniang.
The former classmate and colleague who framed his father, wantonly played with him and read it all over the history books. Such a tragic thing is rare.
Zhou Zhi never considers himself a good person, and he doesn't have many close friends. What he really has are just a few friends based on interests.
Those people, when they saw him in trouble, would not help him, and would add insult to injury because he knew too much.
(End of chapter)
