Liu Bozhao took Wang Yan's hand and asked him to take a seat. How could Wang Yan dare to be so abrupt? Seeing that he couldn't shirk it, he had to sit down and said, "Since Marshal Liu is so affectionate, he can't hide it. According to His Majesty's wish, first of all Withdraw your army, and when the time is right, you will take command and capture Lu Zuo and other rebels. Your Majesty said that in recent days, our government has had too many changes, and we have lost hundreds of thousands of horses. Now we are recuperating. Don’t be too anxious.”
Liu Bozhao frowned, lowered his head and thought for a moment, then smiled and asked: "Your Majesty, what else did you say? Did Brother Wang miss anything?"
Wang Yan saw Liu Bozhao's doubts, "Why, the commander seems to be suspicious?"
Liu Bozhao cupped his hands and said: "Brother, you and I have the same friendship, and we have been through life and death together. I, Liu Bozhao, treat you as a brother, so I won't hide from you anymore." After saying that, he whispered, "That's not true. To tell you the truth, my brother is currently in a dilemma - a dilemma!" Then there was another long sigh.
Wang Yan said solemnly: "Since the marshal is honest and honest, I will tell you the truth. In fact, His Majesty has become suspicious of you. He is now thinking of disbanding your army first, and then forming his own reliable new army."
When Liu Bozhao heard this, he was shocked at first, and then burst into tears and wanted to kneel down to Wang Yan. Wang Yan quickly helped Liu Bozhao up, "Brother Liu, how can you do such a great gift? You treat me as a brother, and I will definitely tell you the truth."
"Then what should we do now? Xun Mou and his son are extremely cunning and will definitely not let us go."
"So we must not sit still and wait for death. Since he wants to reduce our army, then we will continue to expand the new army. Since he dares to make Liu Yan give in, we can make him abdicate."
"My dear brother, do you have a perfect plan?"
"Since he wants to increase his troops, we will cut off the firepower and cut off his source of troops."
"This..." Liu Bozhao was a little confused, "Is there any clever plan?"
"The reason why Xun Mou and his son can still have people following him is that he won the throne in the name of abdication. Now if we give Liu Yan..." Wang Yan said while making a motion of slitting his throat, "The world's people Everyone will definitely think that it was Xun Mou and his son who did it. Even if he wins the hearts of the people, he will not be able to recruit many soldiers. If we raise our arms again at that time, everyone will definitely respond."
Liu Bozhao beamed instantly and clapped his hands, "Exactly! God help me, now Liu Yan is under house arrest in Yanfu Temple, it's easy to kill him. Is there a suitable candidate for this matter?"
Wang Yan smiled slyly and said, "You don't need to worry about this, Commander-in-Chief. I will handle it myself."
The temple of Yanfu Temple is majestic. A bunch of orange-red sunset light shines into the temple through the door. A few wisps of green smoke curl up on the altar table. The feet of the Buddha statue are shining goldenly by the sun, which also makes Liu standing in front of the table shine. It was so bright that he closed his eyes.
Following the sound of the wooden fish ringing, Liu Yan muttered something while the beads in his hand continued to rotate. But Liu Yan was distracted for some reason, and the Buddhist beads in his hand fell in front of him. He opened his eyes uneasily, looked at the Buddhist beads on the table, and couldn't help but let out a sigh. Wang Zheng, the chamberlain behind him, hurried forward to help pick it up. After picking up the beads, Liu Yan raised his hand to indicate that it was not necessary. Then he reached out to pick up the beads and rubbed them for a long time, still without saying a word. Suddenly, the sound of the wooden fish stopped, followed by a burst of scolding, and the three or four young monks in the hall shouted and left.
"Who are you? I don't know, Your Majesty..." Wang Zheng pointed at the visitor angrily, but for a moment he didn't know what to call Liu Yan, so he continued to curse, "This is an important place guarded by Emperor Wei, who are you? Eat it?" The bear-hearted leopard is so bold that he dares to come here and run wild!"
Liu Yan also stood up and turned around, looking at the few people standing at the gate. The people who came were all dressed as the dragon and tiger guards of the palace, and their faces were covered with veils.
Liu Yan said, "Come out!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sound of armor outside the door, and a figure looked particularly tall and majestic under the elongated light of the setting sun.
Liu Yan frowned and couldn't figure out who it was, so he just said coldly: "You were sent by Xun Yu to kill me, right?"
The corners of the visitor's mouth raised slightly, but he didn't answer. He strode through the door, walked back and forth in front of Liu Yan, looked up and down, and said sarcastically: "In the past, I thought you were aloof, but I didn't expect you to be like this?" "
Wang Zheng still pointed at the visitor and shouted angrily: "Presumptuous..."
The visitor didn't wait for Wang Zheng to finish speaking, he had already raised his sword and dropped it. However, he saw Wang Zheng covering his blood-covered neck, slowly falling to the ground and twitching. After a while, he stopped breathing.
Liu Yan held his head high, full of disdain, "If you want to take action, do it as soon as possible!"
The visitor stepped on Wang Zheng's head, then wiped the blood on Wang Zheng's body with the sword, and then put the sword into its sheath. The visitor looked at Liu Yan's arrogant expression, then looked at the string of Buddhist beads in his hand, and couldn't help but sneer: "Our Han Emperor also believes this? Haha..."
Liu Yan didn't show any emotion in response to his ridicule. He admired the Buddhist beads in his hand and replied contemptuously: "It's not that I believe in this, it's that that believes in me."
The visitor shook his head and said, "It's now time for you to be stubborn, so you, Liu Yan, are the only ones."
"Let's do it..."
"Before you die, don't you want to know who I am?"
"Anyway, he is the one who killed me, so why should I bother him." Liu Yan said in a sincere tone, "I am a member of the royal family. If the general is still grateful for the kindness of the Han family in the past, please give me a foot of white silk. …”
After the visitor hesitated for a moment, he said, "Here comes Bai Ling. Send him on his way!!"
When the cold white silk wrapped around Liu Yan's neck, he stared blankly at the sunset outside the gate. As his breathing gradually calmed down, he slowly collapsed to the ground. Until his last breath, he refused to give up. When Di opened his eyes for the last time, another burly body stood at the door—Chen Ziyuan!
Chen Ziyuan threw out his sword and hit the guard behind Liu Yan. Following closely, a group of Yulin Guards filed in and captured all the soldiers dressed as Dragon and Tiger Guards.
The leader was so frightened that he took two steps back, hesitating and not knowing what to say.
"Chen Ziyuan, I...I was sent by His Majesty, so don't meddle in your own business."
"Why not take off the veil before talking!" Chen Ziyuan said.
"You stand back and let my people go first."
"Don't think I don't know. You pretended to be a Dragon and Tiger Guard just for the purpose of assassination."
Chen Ziyuan said nothing nonsense, stepped forward and took off the veil of the person, it was Wang Yan. Chen Ziyuan couldn't help but burst out laughing, "It seems like another great achievement, taking these guys away."
"Wait a minute!" Liu Yan coughed twice, covered the marks on his neck, and said with all his strength, "Chen Ziyuan, are you leaving now?"
Chen Ziyuan stopped, seemingly hesitant, not knowing whether to turn around or not. "Take care!" After leaving these two words, he left without looking back.
Xun Mou was not surprised that Wang Yan was arrested. After all, he was the one who arranged for Chen Ziyuan to wait in Yanfu Temple. After Wang Yan told the story of his and Liu Bozhao's plans, Xunmou immediately sent people to the camp outside the city to invite Liu Bozhao into the palace, saying that he had made great achievements in organizing the army recently and went to receive the reward. Liu Bozhao was suspicious, but he didn't know the news from Wang Yan. He waited and waited, but no one came to report it.
Liu Bozhao was heartbroken and ordered his men to attack the city immediately if something unexpected happened. He put on his armor and did not get into a chariot. He only rode a fast horse and selected 20 of the most elite guards to accompany him into the city.
Outside the Forbidden Palace, Liu Bozhao's guards were stopped. According to the old practice of the previous dynasty, if a general led his guards into the city privately, he would have crossed the line, not to mention that he had already reached the gate of the palace!
Liu Bozhao hesitated and looked at the Yu Linwei who was blocking him. He began to question his previous decision. After thinking about it, he decided not to enter the palace.
Liu Bozhao mounted his horse again and ordered him to leave the city and return to camp.
"Commander, what are you doing in such a hurry? Why, don't you plan to follow me into the palace to receive the reward..."
