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() Chu Huan sighed: "Commander Li puts righteousness first, which is admirable. But I believe that Ling Ai will be able to turn danger into good luck."

Li Wangsun smiled bitterly and said: "A narrow escape, I am willing to use my life to replace her, but I must find out General Mu first. General Mu is the leader of Tianmen Dao in Anyi. Although they are well-organized, as long as General Mu is captured , the Tianmen Taoist disciples in Anyi have no leader, and it is difficult for their conspiracy to succeed."

Chu Huan thought for a while, and finally said: "Commander Li, who do you think is the most suspect in the government?"

Li Wangsun pondered for a while, and finally said: "This matter is of great importance, and the lower officials have no absolute evidence. Some things...don't dare to say nonsense."

Chu Huan smiled faintly, "It's just you and me here, out of your mouth, into my ears, God knows and the earth knows that you know and I know, it doesn't matter if you command and order."

Li Wangsun was silent again, and after a long time, he finally said: "Lord Chu, this subordinate is just guessing wildly, if what he said is wrong, you must not take it to heart. The words of this subordinate are just the opinions of the family, and cannot be done accurately. "..

Chu Huan raised his hand and said with a smile, "It's okay for the commander to speak!"

Li Wang Sun Surong said: "If it is said that General Mu is the most likely, it can only be...!" After a pause, he said word by word: "Governor Yuan!"

"Yuan Chongshang?" Chu Huan frowned.

Li Wangsun smiled wryly and said, "This is just the speculation of the lower official."

Chu Huan stared at Li Wangsun and asked, "Why does the commander have such speculations?"

Li Wangsun hesitated for a moment, as if he was a bit cautious, but after a moment of silence, he finally said: "Actually, many people think that Governor Yuan is the Holy Majesty's favorite minister, and the Holy Majesty asked him to be the governor of a party, not because of his great talent, but because of his talent." This person's loyalty to the Holy Majesty is known to many people in the court, and many people will think that Yuan Chongshang will be loyal to the Holy Majesty if he loves the Holy Majesty so much!"

Chu Huan leaned back on the chair and asked, "Isn't that the truth?"

"If I hadn't gotten along with Governor Yuan for a long time, if the official was just an outsider, I would have thought so." Li Wangsun said slowly, with a serious expression on his face: "You have to be favored by the Holy One, and you are an official governor. With this status, no one would I feel that Governor Yuan will betray the imperial court and offend His Majesty. It's just...in the eyes of my subordinates, Governor Yuan seems to be living in an uncomfortable way all these years!"

"How do you say that?" Chu Huan was very interested.

"I dare to ask, if it were you, would you like to be the governor of Anyi Road?" Li Wangsun stared into Chu Huan's eyes and asked slowly.

Chu Huan frowned, knowing that Li Wangsun's words were very strange, and asked, "Why don't you want to?"

Li Wangsun sighed: "Your Excellency should know that this Anyi Road, to put it bluntly, has been ruled by Anguogong Huang Ju's family since the establishment of the country. As far as I know, Governor Yuan was really ready to do something when the new official arrived. After a while, he soon realized that although he is a majestic governor, he can't be the master of this major event in Anyi Dao."

Chu Huan let out an "oh".

Li Wangsun said: "Governor Yuan has been in Anyi for more than ten years. The first thing he did was to build a ditch in Xishan to divert water to the north of Xishan. If the ditch is really developed successfully, the north of Xishan will There is a large field of income, and the production may increase a lot every year...!"

Chu Huan knew that Li Wangsun must have a reason for talking about this matter, so he didn't intervene.

"It's just that Governor Yuan didn't know at the time that there are many pine trees on the Xishan Mountain." Li Wangsun said slowly: "Those pine trees are all rare species, and they are the property under the name of the Huang family. You said you want to divert water. Will you agree? Governor Yuan didn’t know about it until the time, but this order has already been issued, and he even hired craftsmen to conduct field surveys. When he realizes that Xishan is the property of the Huang family, it’s already hard to get off.”

Chu Huan was a little astonished. Li Wangsun seemed to understand Chu Huan's thoughts, and explained: "Governor Yuan was born as a warrior, and he did things vigorously. After taking office, he wanted to do a lot of work. Diverting mountains and water is what he wanted to do with all his heart. It's just that he just arrived. , the whole government does not buy his account, and some people even want to watch him make a fool of himself, so many people know that Governor Yuan Kaixishan will inevitably conflict with the Huang family, but no one reminds him, until the field survey, the Huang family Governor Yuan knew something serious had happened when someone from someone came forward."

"At that time, Governor Yuan even posted a notice to recruit civilian husbands." Li Wangsun smiled lightly, "The whole Taiyuan knows that Governor Yuan wants to open Xishan, if it can't be done, Governor Yuan will lose his trust when he first arrives, and he wants to gain a foothold in Anyi in the future It is even more difficult. The Huang family is a local snake, and there is An Guogong in the court. Governor Yuan was blocked from opening the mountain. He finally gritted his teeth and reported the matter to the Holy One. He only hoped that the Holy One would be the master for him and let him do what he did in Anyi The first major event can be successfully completed and establish a reputation."

Chu Huan already understood something, and sighed: "At that time, Huang Ju was in power in the court, so Yuan Chongshang couldn't possibly be the opponent of the Huang family."

"That's right." Li Wangsun nodded and said, "Soon came the emperor's order, not only did not favor Governor Yuan, but instead he scolded Governor Yuan, saying that Governor Yuan was impetuous, and the new official had to be eager to ask for help. Success, harassing the local people... Master Chu can understand the following things. After this incident, Yuan Chongshang was ridiculed by others, and his reputation fell to the bottom. Yuan Chongshang also knew that he was far from the opponent of the Huang family. He later wanted to do a few things, but they were blocked by the Huang family and couldn't be done. What the Huang family wanted to do was echoed in Anyi. Governor Yuan saw the situation clearly. From then on, no matter how big or small All affairs must be discussed with Huang Tianyi, although he is the governor, but he only bears a name, the real master of Anyi is the Huang family!"

Chu Huan raised his eyebrows and said, "This governor Yuan looks dignified, but he is just a puppet!"

"That's right." Li Wangsun nodded and said: "He can really command like a mountain, and I am afraid that only his five thousand guards are there. All these years, he has been living in the shadow of the Huang family. My Daqin Sixteen, the governor of the most useless and suffocating party is only Governor Yuan." After a pause, he said softly: "I remember a few years ago, I drank with him, and that day he was with the Huang family because of political affairs. There was a conflict, and I was annoyed. Fang Shihao was there at the time, and he drank a lot of wine that day. After getting drunk, he just said a few nonsense, what...!" With a wry smile: "What is it that the sage is unfair to him? If Fang Shihao hadn't forced him to go down, I'm afraid he would have said some disrespectful things."

Chu Huan said thoughtfully: "So, he hasn't lived comfortably in Anyi these years."

"Tianmen Dao is pervasive. All these years, we have secretly developed our strength in Daqin." Li Wang Sun Zhengse said: "I am afraid that Tianmen Dao will take advantage of the loopholes. I have... bought Governor Yuan a long time ago!"

"It's very possible." Chu Huan nodded and said, "Yuan Chongshang is unwilling, and Tianmen Dao has other intentions. If Tianmen Dao offers generous conditions, our Governor Yuan may not be able to turn his back."

Li Wangsun frowned and said: "Although this is the case, even if you are a coward, you are still the governor of a party. There may be a possibility of being promoted to Beijing in the future. What kind of conditions will Tianmen Daohui offer to make Yuan Chongshang join the sect? I can't figure it out, so I have never been sure. It's just...!" After a pause, there was another cough, almost coughing up the lungs, it seemed that the body was indeed very bad, and the handkerchief wiped the corner of the mouth, and then said softly : "Just two days ago, Yuan Chongshang came to the door suddenly and asked the lower officials to mobilize the imperial guards, and the lower officials were on guard. Yuan Chongshang... I'm afraid he has other intentions!"

"what do you mean?"

"Yuan Chongshang is very clear that there are only 500 guards who can be mobilized by the lower officials. If there are more than 500, they will violate the military law." Li Wangsun said solemnly: "In other words, once the five hundred guards are mobilized, the next The officials could no longer mobilize other guard troops. The bandits in Huzhou made chaos in the jungle, and Yuan Chongshang could obviously send other troops to quell the chaos, but...he claimed that the troops would be used to deal with the Huang family's rebellious party in Yusuo Lake , the Huzhou jungle is just a mere thieves, and I want the lower officials to send [-] guards to quell the chaos."

Chu Huan was expressionless, his eyes flickering.

"I just think it's a bit weird, so I stick to my own opinion. It's okay to transfer troops, but the guards can only be used for city defense, and they can't go out of Taiyuan." Li Wang Sun Zhengse said: "I always feel that the people of Tianmen Dao are very restless recently. To tell you the truth, Lord Chu, the lower official has doubts about Yuan Chongshang's actions, and he wants to call out the guards under the lower official, why?"

Chu Huan asked back: "The commander thinks that Tianmendao has made some moves recently?"

"I'm not sure about it." Li Wang Sun Zhengse said: "But... the next few days, I always feel a little uneasy, as if something big is about to happen."

Chu Huan pondered for a moment, then asked: "The general is at the Gongmen, Laojun Xipo, the previous sentence refers to General Mu being in the official residence, what is the explanation for the latter sentence?"

Li Wangsun showed doubts on his face, and frowned slightly. Chu Huan said in a low voice: "I know that the one worshiped by Tianmen Dao is the Supreme Lord. , how do you explain it?"

Li Wangsun thought for a while, "When the assassin uttered these eight characters, the lower officials were at a loss, but now they partially understand them. The lower officials think that this should be the password of the Tianmen Dao, and their conspiracy should be based on It has something to do with these eight characters. The general is in the Gongmen, and it has been indicated that General Mu is in the Gongmen, so Laojun Xipo must be a huge secret...!"

Chu Huan closed his eyes and muttered to himself, "Laojun Xipo... Xipo...!"

The room soon became deadly silent, neither of them spoke. After a long time, Chu Huan stretched his eyebrows and opened his eyes, and asked, "Commander, what day is it today?"

Li Wangsun didn't understand why Chu Huan asked this question, and replied: "The house is still steaming dumplings during the day... Well, sweep the house on 24, steam the dumplings on 25, cut off the meat... It's midnight, Chu My lord, today should be the 26th of the twelfth lunar month!"

"The 26th of the twelfth lunar month?" Chu Huan lowered his head, did some calculations, and then raised his head and said, "Including today, there are five more days until New Year's Eve!"

"Exactly!" Li Wangsun said: "Five days later, New Year's Eve...New Year's Eve...!" Suddenly realized something, his body shook, and his eyes showed surprise, "Master Chu, Laojun Xipo, is it true Means...New Year's Eve?"