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

Chapter 266

In the dark night, more than a dozen red-clothed and golden-armored Qianniu guards were guarding around the black carriage.

More soldiers from the Nanchang Prince's Mansion were scattered farther along the street, not giving any assassins a chance to get close.

The curtains of the car shook, and the moonlight shone in.

Sitting opposite Li Xuan, Du Liu's beautiful face was clearly visible.

Although he is wearing a man's long robe, his cheeks are thin, elegant and dignified, his eyes are bright, and his eyebrows are like Daisy. He looks full of heroism, which is quite admirable.

Li Xuan, and Du Liu.

There are only the two of them in the carriage now.

Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Du Liu and asked, "My dear brother, I wonder if uncle can return to Zhuji tomorrow?"

Du Liu cupped his hands and said seriously: "Don't worry, your lord, my father will not delay your affairs."

"That's good. I will stay in Zhuji for half a day at most, and then I will rush to Dongyang." Li Xuan leaned back slightly.

Du Liu's father, Du Bixing, a member of the Du clan in Jingzhao, worked in Wuzhou in his early years, but later resigned and lived in Zhuji due to his health.

The person who came to Jingye to recommend Li Xuan was Du Bixing.

Du Bixing has been in Hangwu for many years and knows the local situation well.

Especially for the Tianyin Sect, and even some hidden secrets that even the secret guards have not grasped, he knows something about it.

For Li Xuan to break the game in Wuzhou this trip, the information provided by Du Bixing may be very critical.

"Your lord looks worried, but what kind of trouble did you encounter at the captain's office?" Du Liu asked Li Xuan cautiously.

Although she is a woman, she dared to come to Hangzhou alone to find Li Xuan, and her eyesight and means were extraordinary.

Li Xuan nodded, and said solemnly: "It's the pirates. Both the king and Captain Ji suspect that if something happens to Hangzhou, the pirates will take the opportunity to attack Hangzhou and the states of Wuyue and cooperate with the Tianyin Sect to attack the city. Then there will be a big problem." gone."

"Tianyin Sect, pirates, pirates?" Du Liu's face was solemn, chewing on the word "sea pirates", finally looking at Li Xuan, he said in a deep voice: "I know a thing or two about pirates, The Zhoushan pirates have a long history, but if you trace their roots, it is Sun En."

"Sun En!" Li Xuan nodded in agreement when he heard the name, and said softly: "The Sun En family has been worshiping the Five Dou Rice Road, the Yongjia Nandu family, the descendant of Sun Xiu, was born in the Sun family of Langya, but was born in Kuaiji, the third of Long'an in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. In [-], Sun En rebelled and called himself General Zhengdong. A few years later, Sun En failed to attack Linhai County and committed suicide by jumping into the sea. The rest of the people were continued to lead by his brother-in-law Lu Xun, but Lu Xun was also ruled by the Eastern Jin Dynasty a few years later. Annihilate."

General Conquest East, the conquest is East Zhejiang, which is the land under Li Xuan's feet.

Du Liu said solemnly: "My lord doesn't know. Although Sun En's party was wiped out, some descendants have passed it down. Although Sun En's banner has long been abandoned, there are still five buckets of rice teachings inside. , the prince is a Taoist disciple, so you should know the difference between the five buckets of rice teaching in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties and today's Tianshi teaching."

"The teachings of the five buckets of rice in the Southern and Northern Dynasties were chaotic, and they were often used by those who wanted to rebel, claiming to be Taoist kings, generals, etc... Later, two real people, Lu Jingxiu and Kou Qianzhi, revised the teachings and perfected the rituals. This is the new Tianshi teaching today. .” Li Xuan is naturally very clear about this period of history.

"That's right." Du Liu looked at Li Xuan, and said seriously: "Today, within the Southeast Sea Bandits, the Five Dou Rice Religion is the core inheritance, the Five Dou Star Lord is believed, and the pirate generals are the leader. , now it seems that his heart is far more than that."

After a slight pause, Du Liu went on to say: "I have an order from the court that I am not allowed to build ships and go to sea without permission. Therefore, those who go to sea have always been mainly official ships, and ships from other aristocratic families have been attached. The pirates have always robbed these ships. It is a foreign sea ship that came to China for trade, and it is also the focus of the navy's protection."

"En!" Li Xuan nodded, looked at Du Liu, and asked with a heavy breath, "According to Lieutenant Ji, the pirates hidden in the outer islands of Zhoushan have been quiet and terrifying recently."

"So, it's not normal, it's extremely abnormal!" Du Liu's face became extremely serious in an instant.

Pirates were hidden in the outer islands of Zhoushan, and sometimes they invaded Mingzhou, Kuozhou, Suzhou and other places.

Persian ships from the west and Jia ships from the Western Regions were often plundered by them.

While the Zhoushan pirates have amazing wealth, they are also difficult to be completely wiped out.

Over the years, it has repeatedly entangled with the Hangzhou Navy, but even with the support of the imperial court, it is difficult for the Navy to completely wipe out it, so it can only drive it away from the main channel as much as possible.

Now it is June and July, and there are countless merchant ships coming from the south.

This kind of time is the time when the pirates are frequently active to capture and collect money, but they are uncharacteristically unmoved, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that there is something wrong.

"Hangzhou, they're eyeing Hangzhou." Du Liu's face was very ugly for a moment, and he gritted his teeth and said: "It seems that they have indeed teamed up with the Tianyin thief."

"We are sure to join forces, but the target may not necessarily be Hangzhou." Li Xuan shook his head calmly, and said: "The bandits in Zhoushan have a very wide range of movements. They can go straight to Quanfu in the south, go up to Suyang in the north, and go straight to Hangzhou in the north. .Although they will not fight head-on with the Hangzhou navy, but if there is chaos inside Hangzhou and the Zhoushan bandits take advantage of the opportunity, Hangzhou may be endangered. On land, there is already no support, and our biggest enemy is still Tianyin Sect."

"What the prince said is true, they are not the same kind of people." Du Liu looked slightly relaxed, nodded and said: "The bandits in Zhoushan are insidious and cunning, they may not believe what Tianyin Sect said, after all, the Hangzhou navy is not good Mess...unless the Hangzhou Navy is entangled first, then they will take action... But if they are allowed to completely destroy the Hangzhou Navy, then the whole of Hangzhou and the entire land of Wuyue will be corrupted."

Speaking of this, even Du Liu's own face became very scary.

Li Xuan nodded. Although the chances of such a thing happening in the Tang Dynasty were not high, it would happen again and again in the Song and Ming Dynasties. Once it happened, blood would flow like a river.

"The key to this matter lies in the Hangzhou Navy itself. It lies in Hangzhou. As long as Hangzhou itself is not in chaos, others will have no chance." Find out all of them.

Now Mr. Qi, the Kai family, Vientiane, Wusheng, and the power of the True Inheritance have all been destroyed, but there are other sects of the Demon Sect, as well as the main force of the Tianyin Thief, who are still hiding in secret. This king has a feeling, What they are doing now is to attract the attention of the king and Yuan governor. "

"Even the Xia family is the same?" Du Liu looked at Li Xuan in disbelief.

"If so!" Li Xuan's light words made Du Liu shudder involuntarily.

If this is the case, how ambitious should the Tianyin thief be.

"No, no, the prince is too worried." Du Liu hurriedly waved his hands, for Li Xuan's speculation, he couldn't believe it at all, he was afraid to believe it.

The six families at the top of the Wuyue Sixteenth Family specialize in officialdom, the five in the middle hold tight to many industries such as silk, tea, salt and iron, grain, and mines, and the last five are intertwined with each other, and people from all walks of life Both have, and the Kai family and the Xia family are the two of the five lowest-level families.

For example, the water transportation that the Kai family was involved in, although it was specialized in the transportation of raw silk and looms, occasionally also involved salt, iron and grain.

But the Xia family is mainly involved in the silk dyeing business, but the profit is not high, and now it is also starting to move towards transportation and other industries.

Although there is some suspicion of breaking the rules, if the entire Xia family is gone, what do they need to do with these rules, so they do things with a sense of unscrupulousness.

Under such circumstances, the other families also took a step back to give the Xia family a chance to survive.

"Chengmen school lieutenant Jin Ji must have a problem, so this king has asked Ji Duwei to ask Yuan Shishi to suspend all duties of Jin Ji. As for the post of Chengmen school lieutenant, he will be promoted from the navy. Candidates to serve temporarily.

If it is finally proved that Jin Ji is innocent, then he will be reinstated, and the king will personally apologize to him, but if it is finally proved that he is guilty, then this official will also be the executioner himself and cut off his head with a single knife. "Li Xuan's face became extremely cold in an instant.

"If this is the case, it will be too late." Du Liu looked at Li Xuan, and said slightly worried: "My lord, if there is a mistake, will this force him to the Tianyin Sect instead?"

"No." Li Xuan actually agreed directly, and on Du Liu's surprised face, Li Xuan said coldly: "It's unlikely that Jin Ji was a disciple of Tianyin Sect from the beginning, otherwise , now that such an important pawn is easily discarded, the Tianyin Sect has lost too much. It is very likely that Jin Ji was caught by the Tianyin Sect, and the Tianyin thief is now throwing out Zong Ling and Xin See the two chess pieces, and then throw out Jin Ji and the Xia family to attract the court's attention."

Whether it's Jinji or Xia's family, there are undoubtedly problems, but they are not of great value to Tianyin Sect.

It is precisely because of this that the Tianyin Sect can easily throw them out to attract the attention of the court.

Hearing what Li Xuan said, Du Liu nodded subconsciously, but then said: "But if they are just pawns to be used, this is too bad luck."

Li Xuan looked at Du Liu in surprise, Du Liu's face was full of pity.

Looking at Du Liu's overly young face, Li Xuan felt a little funny, not everyone is as decisive and cold-blooded as he is.

"In any case, Jin Ji and the Xia family must have huge problems. Therefore, the Tianyin sect can greatly influence them, and can even make a sudden attack directly and completely control them. If we relax, then if we miss in the future, The consequences could be disastrous."

Li Xuan shook his head slightly, but then he said with a smile: "Okay, what are we talking about, whether it's Jinji or Xia's family, it's all about Hangzhou. What I need to do is rush to Wuzhou , solve the Tianyin Sect spies hidden in Wuzhou, and completely guarantee the safety of Wuzhou."

Li Xuan smiled a little relaxedly, Yuan Jiazuo will be responsible for these things in the future.

Whether it's Jinji or Xia's family, there are countless relatives and old friends in Hangzhou. If you really want to touch them, there will be countless people going to intercede immediately. At that time, even if the governor's mansion wants something else , will also be tied up in this matter.

Perhaps this is the plan of the Tianyin Sect. This is a conspiracy, and no one can avoid it. Now it depends on whether Yuan Jiazuo has the ability to reveal all the truth in a few days like Di Renjie and Hai Rui.

"Tell me about Wuzhou. What do you and your father think is the biggest problem in Wuzhou?" Li Xuan said, looking out of the car window. The post station was at the end of the long street in the distance, and they returned to the post station.

"Dongyang." Du Liu looked solemn, and said seriously to Li Xuan: "Presumably, the prince should have received the news that Dongyang's grain prices, and the prices of salt and iron have risen sharply for a period of time, and silk, but at the same time. The price of silk has slipped all the way, does the prince know what this means?"

Li Xuan nodded slightly, and said, "Someone is buying grain, salt and iron at a large scale, and at the same time selling silk at a large scale."

Du Liu nodded in agreement, and then said: "The large-scale purchase of grain is naturally due to the large number of personnel exchanges, and the large-scale sell-off of silk is not because it has no confidence in the future of silk. There is a lot of silk, so they will sell it, who will sell silk easily in a real family, even the Xia family is no exception."

The aristocratic families are all greedy, wishing to reap a lot for every penny they put in, or even reap the whole world without paying anything.

The massive purchase of grain, salt and iron has led to rising prices, which cannot be concealed anyway, so it will attract the attention of the government.

What was further confirmed by the government was the mass sale of silk.

Nowadays, silk can completely replace copper coins and be used as currency. Selling silk is really crazy.

Either he was in a hurry, or he didn't take silk seriously at all, either of these things made his heart palpitate.

"However, Yuezhou Governor's Mansion, Hangzhou Governor's Mansion, and Wuzhou Governor's Mansion all sent people to investigate, but in the end nothing was found." Li Xuan looked at Du Liu, who was only a short distance away, and said, " So, are those people really in Dongyang, or is it still a smoke bomb like others."

"It's true that it's hiding in Dongyang." Du Liu gave a direct answer, Li Xuan was slightly taken aback, and then listened to her seriously.

"Just a few days ago, a case occurred in Dongyang County. Sihu Canjun, a member of Dongyang's chief secretary, suddenly died of illness. However, after repeated inspections of the body in Wuzhou, it was discovered that Sihu Canjun died of a golden needle piercing his brain. Above a medical skill."

Li Xuan's face immediately became solemn, Dongyang Sihu joined the army and was murdered, this is a very important matter.

Especially now that the summer harvest is about to start, a little carelessness will shake the big event of the summer harvest.

Tomorrow, tomorrow he will leave Wuzhou, stay in Zhuji for half a day, and in the evening, he will arrive in Dongyang.

Dongyang, Wuzhou, that's his territory.

(End of this chapter)