People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 255

Above the dark sky, the bright moon hangs high, and a few stars are scattered, embellishing the night.

On a certain peak on the southwest side of the West Lake, a burly man in black night clothes stood on the boulder on the peak, staring at the distant West Lake with piercing eyes, full of cunning and calculation.

By the lakeside of the West Lake, an exquisite and translucent figure jumped out of the water like a fish, and then lay down on the shore close to the ground.

Before anyone could see her appearance clearly, that person jumped up from the ground at an extremely fast speed, leaned over her body, and headed towards the southwest at an extremely fast speed.

Seeing this scene, the expression of the figure on the peak couldn't help but change, and he immediately turned his head to look at the surface of the West Lake on the other side.

At this moment, a figure in a dark blue brocade suit jumped up from the water and stood directly on top of the fast boats that came to rescue from all around.

The figure seemed to sense that someone was watching, subconsciously turned back, and looked far above the peak.

His face was clearly visible, he was the target of their assassination this time, Li Xuan, Prince of Nanchang County.

However, it seemed that there was a difference in the light and shadow. Li Xuan didn't see the figure on the boulder on the mountain peak, and quickly turned back, talking to Kai Gong who rushed over with an anxious face.

The figure on the mountain peak breathed a sigh of relief, then gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "Damn it, it failed, and it even brought Xin Jian here. What happened? What happened to the information of the Luoyang and Yangzhou sub-helms?" , Damn it, they have made a huge error in collecting information about King Nanchang."

The voice was very familiar, and it was Wang Chao, the deputy head of the Vientiane Pavilion who passed the assassination figure to Zong Ling and Xin Jian.

He did not participate in this assassination, but instead watched everything from the high mountain.

Wang Chao's complexion soon became extremely solemn. The failure of the assassination was not the most important thing, anyway, it was just the two stunned youths who were used to take advantage of it. The real trouble was the accuracy of the Wanxiang Pavilion's intelligence collection on Li Xuan.

Once this aspect is questioned, their status in the holy religion will be rapidly reduced.

"It seems that it's time to find an opportunity to strengthen the intelligence penetration around King Nanchang." Wang Chao pondered, and subconsciously turned his eyes to Zong Ling's position.

However, it doesn't matter at all, Wang Chao's heart almost stopped in fright.

Because at this moment, on the avenue in the distance, two middle-aged men in police uniforms were chasing Zong Ling quickly.

One of them held a longbow in his hand, and shot arrows at Zong Ling's position from time to time.

Every arrow is extremely dangerous, time and time again, Zong Ling has tried his best to avoid the shooting of the bow and arrow.

Then she ran towards the southwest as fast as she could with all her strength, but her speed still slowed down visibly to the naked eye.

Seeing this scene, Wang Chao's expression on the top of the peak has become extremely embarrassing.

"Damn it, why did the people from the Hangzhou government come here so quickly?" Wang Chao quickly turned around and ran down the mountain.

He couldn't ignore Zong Ling.

At the very least, Zong Ling must be killed first when Zong Ling brings the pursuers to their hiding base to avoid leaking more secret letters.

Chasing and killing, bullshit chasing and killing, this is obviously a long-term fishing for big fish.

That is to say, Zong Ling couldn't see clearly in the situation, so under the shadow of death hanging over his head, he had to flee towards the hiding base.

Wang Chao must not let Zong Ling lead this group of people to their hiding base.

Although that place has little connection with their Demon Sect, the owner of that place is related to a key figure in the Tianyin Sect's uprising this time.

Once the connection between them is broken and the identity of that key person is exposed, their plan in Hangzhou this time will be cut off immediately, and it will even indirectly affect the overall situation.

Wang Chao quickly ran down the mountain. He was so eager to run that he didn't see Li Xuan on the lake turn his eyes to the position where he was standing just now. He didn't look back until he disappeared completely.

The moon and stars were sparse, Li Xuan looked away from the sky reflected in the West Lake, and then looked at the dignified faces of Kai Gong, Kai Heng, and Su Yu, who joined the army of Hangzhou Facao.

As a judicial official of Hangzhou Prefecture, Li Xuan, the current county king, was assassinated in Wuzhou Biejia. No matter what conflicts there were before, Su Yu had to rush to investigate immediately.

Standing on the deck, Li Xuan took the towel from Qiu Zhenmu, wiped it, and said, "One of the two assassins killed this time has already died in the lake. You can send someone down to salvage the body. Maybe we can find something, the other one has escaped just now, but Xu Butou from the Governor's Mansion has already led his men to chase him down."

"The lord already knew that someone would come to assassinate tonight?" Su Yu keenly heard the most important words in Li Xuan's words immediately.

Xu Butou, Xu Butou of Hangzhou Governor's Mansion.

The head arrester of Hangzhou Governor's Mansion, which is nominally under Su Yu's command, has arrived here in advance, but Su Yu knows nothing about it. The hidden truth behind this made him shudder.

"Naturally." Li Xuan said with a half-smile, teasing eyes: "When I was in Yangzhou, I have severely injured the Tianyin Sect more than once. Now that I am in Hangzhou, I must always be on guard against the Tianyin Sect's assassination at any time. You guys Look, isn't this here?"

After a slight pause, Li Xuan said with deep meaning: "Kai Weng, although it is well known that this king accepted your banquet to come to the West Lake today, but this time this king is assassinated, the Kui family will always be indispensable. I need to give some explanations."

"It's natural. Fortunately, the prince didn't have an accident. Otherwise, the old man really doesn't know how to explain to Governor Yuan, how to explain to the court." Kai Gong looked guilty, then turned to look at his son Kai Heng and said: "Still stunned. What are you doing, why don't you hurry up and send the prince ashore..."

"Don't worry." Li Xuan's light voice came, he looked back at Qiu Zhenmu and Su Baotong and said: "Brother Qiu, Brother Su, go check on the boat now, is there someone who has tipped off the news, when will this king be on board?" Not everyone can see the boat at any time."

As soon as Li Xuan's words fell, Kai Gong's face immediately turned pale.

However, I heard Li Xuan say immediately: "I forgot to introduce you, this is brother Qiu Zhenmu Qiu, the grandson of the former Duke of Meicheng County, and this is Brother Su Baotong, who was born in Wuyi, Jizhou, and is the grandson of Duke Xing. Su Canjun is from Youzhou, which is not far from Jizhou, so he must have some kind of kinship."

"I've met my uncle!" Su Baotong saluted first, no matter if it was the Su family of Youzhou or the Su family of Jizhou, the ancestors were Emperor Zhuanxu, the grandson of the Yellow Emperor.The son of Fan Kunwubo, the sixth generation of the Gaoyang family, was enshrined in Su, and the history of the Su surname family began with this.

The Su Clan of Youzhou and the Su Clan of Jizhou are relatively close to each other. Their ancestors were both the former Yan Nagong Su Qing, and they were still in the same family more than a hundred years ago.

"I have met my nephew." Su Yu returned the gift earnestly. As a fellow clan, Su Yu naturally knew the inheritance of Su Dingfang, Duke Xing.

Li Xuan revealed Su Baotong's identity at once, and Su Yu had to be a little scrupled.

Kui Gong is an old fox, of course he knows the meaning of Li Xuan's words.

He could only cup his hands helplessly and said, "My lord, I don't know how to deal with this matter?"

"How to deal with it?" Li Xuan looked at Kai Gong with a half-smile, and said softly: "Of course, everything will be dealt with according to the law. With Su Canjun here today, Hangzhou Facao's subordinates will arrive soon, and they will be handed over to Su Canjun." It's fine to deal with."

Kui Gong looked at Su Yu subconsciously, Su Yu shook his head slightly with a solemn expression, then looked up, and looked at the pier on the east bank of the West Lake in the distance.

Kui Gong followed Su Yu's gaze, and there was nothing there.

Wei Gong was taken aback for a moment, but then, as if he had figured out something, his expression changed involuntarily.

At this time, Li Xuan's icy voice came: "Tonight, hunting down the rebel bandits of the Tianyin Sect is going on in all directions. Presumably there should be something to gain. As for who will be involved in the end, I don't know."

"I understand." Gong Gong bowed heavily and said, "At today's banquet, Qi Gongzi Qi Ming had a quarrel with the prince, which then triggered the Tianyin Sect. certificate."

"Kai Weng, that's what you said. This king has not persecuted anything." Li Xuan looked at him with a half-smile.

Kai Gong nodded immediately, and said very firmly: "Of course, it's just that, my lord, how will Governor Yuan explain it?"

"You don't really think that this king didn't inform Governor Yuan of such a big move tonight, right?"

(End of this chapter)