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

Chapter 317 A scam, open the situation

In the dark sky, the slanting moon hangs high.

The moonlight fell on the center of a compound in Xinchangfang, east of the center of Wuzhou City, and it looked a little cold.

The crooked osmanthus tree is full of golden yellow buds, with a faint fragrance.

Li Xuan stood under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, looked at Bai Lao in front of him, and confessed in a deep voice: "Tonight, from now on, the gate of the courtyard will be locked, and no one is allowed to enter or leave. Please ask Mr. Bai to arrange someone to prepare breakfast, the king will get up early and go to the state office."

"Here!" Elder Bai retreated carefully, and immediately, Qianniuwei on both sides had closed the gates of the front and back yards.

"When you are on duty at night, pay attention to the movement in the front yard, but remember, no matter what happens, you are not allowed to open the door. It doesn't matter if they have something to leave the house, or they have other reasons to leave the house. , said that the king has approved, but no one is allowed to enter the backyard, if someone rushes to the door, they will be killed."

"The next officer obeys the order!" The two Qianniu guards immediately cupped their hands and stood solemnly at the door.

After explaining, Li Xuan turned around and walked towards the depths of the courtyard.

Li Zhu silently followed behind Li Xuan, like a ghost, followed Li Xuan, walked through the water pavilion, and finally came to the main house.

In the surrounding houses, Qianniuwei has already arranged to live.

But at this moment, although the lights were brightly lit, there were not many voices coming from the room.

We all know that King Nanchang is a quiet person. He is usually not studying or planning something. Everyone is used to this kind of atmosphere.

As soon as he entered the main room, Li Xuan saw Yu Ze, Wang Bo and Du Bixing who were sitting there arguing in low voices.

Seeing Li Xuan enter the door, the three of them stopped. Yu Ze got up, looked at Li Xuan and asked, "My lord, why don't we screen out those people in the front yard first, or we need to separate our eyes and pay attention to them?" them."

"Don't worry." Li Xuan waved his hand and said, "When I first came to Wuzhou, I always wanted to give others a window to observe us. Among those people in the front yard, I don't know how many aristocratic families, even Tianyin Sect placed them. Eyeliner, with them watching, from a certain angle, it has never been a cover for us."

After a slight pause, Li Xuan looked at Yu Ze and asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter, is the plan ready?"

"It's been arranged." Yu Ze nodded, and then looked at Du Bixing who was on the side.

Du Bixing reached out and pushed a Wuzhou map in front of Li Xuan, and then pointed to the center of the map.

"Please look, my lord, this is the central watchtower of the five watchtowers in Wuzhou City, which is only two streets away from where we are.

Take this place as the center and communicate with the other four watchtowers, so that I can immediately control everything in Wuzhou City through the watchtower at any time, and can also issue orders to various gates at any time. "

Du Bixing pressed five fingers on the map at the same time, and slapped the entire Wuzhou directly: "The Tianyin Sect inside the city gate has been cleaned up in an orderly manner, so the next step is to take down these five watchtowers, After taking down the five watchtowers, there should be state government offices, schools, aristocratic families and common people."

Li Xuan narrowed her eyes slightly and said, "After that, you can control the entire city."

At this moment, Li Zhu's voice sounded at the door: "My lord, gentlemen, Qiu Beishen is back."

Li Xuan, Yu Ze, Wang Bo, and Du Bixing raised their heads at the same time and looked at Li Zhu, with relaxed expressions on their faces at the same time.

Li Xuan walked away and said, "Okay, let's go!"

The others quickly followed, and instead of going out of the house, the group walked toward the depths of the room.

All the way to Li Xuan's bedroom.

At this time, Li Zhu took the lead and pressed a certain place on the front wall.

The next moment, the entire wall slid to the side immediately.

A secret door immediately appeared in front of Li Xuan.

In fact, it was not considered a secret door, because on the opposite side, the candle was brightly lit, and standing in the opposite room was Qiu Zhenmu in red and gold armor.

Standing beside Qiu Zhenmu, the one dressed in black was Li Mo who was sent to Wuzhou by Li Xuan before.

Li Mo has been quietly lurking in Wuzhou, contacting the inside and outside for Li Xuan, and at the same time silently staring at everyone here.

But no one could have imagined that Li Mo not only learned of the location of the residence prepared for Li Xuan by the Wuzhou prefecture in advance, but even bought the courtyard behind it in advance.

Even quietly, the two courtyards were directly connected.

Li Xuan, Yu Ze, Wang Bo, and Du Bixing obviously knew this a long time ago, but they still kept this secret.

Who knows what these calculating and gloomy guys will use this place for.

……

Li Xuan stepped into the opposite house, looked up and down at Qiu Zhenmu and Li Mo, nodded in satisfaction, and said: "Seeing that you two are safe, this king is relieved, it's business, how is the situation now, Of all the families in Wuzhou, who has made any noise tonight?"

"Report to the lord." Qiu Zhenmu said with a slightly apologetic face: "Tonight, the Shen family, the Qian family, the Yang family and the Teng family, all four families have pigeons flying. The download was not intercepted, nor was it taken down for inspection.”

"There are carrier pigeons flying from all four houses?" Li Xuan frowned slightly, and couldn't help pacing back and forth in the room.

Suddenly, he stopped abruptly, looked up at Qiu Zhenmu, and asked, "Which family has the most flying pigeons, and whose family has the least flying pigeons?"

"The Qian family has the most pigeons, the Yang family has the fewest pigeons, and the other two are mediocre." Qiu Zhenmu had a thoughtful look on his face.

Based on his understanding of Li Xuan, Li Xuan's questioning would definitely not be aimless, and he must have his reasons for asking.

So what can the change in the number of homing pigeons show?

"Pigeons are the news." Li Xuan directly pointed out the secret behind the pigeons in one sentence: "Pigeons take off more, which means that they are closely connected with the outside world. Pigeons take off less, but it is not so close to the outside world as they Be very cautious in communicating with the outside world.”

"The Qian family has minerals in every county in Wuzhou. If you say that in the whole Wuzhou, except for the government and Tianyinjiao, which family has the most armed guards, and the Qian family says it is second, no one dares to say it is the first. As a result, the Tianyin Sect has been staring at them."

Li Xuan sneered, and said: "The Qian family not only has people, but also wealth. As long as the entire Qian family can be annexed, the power of the Tianyin Sect will expand rapidly, and even quickly compete with the government. The Qian family also knows this. , naturally have close contact with the Quartet.”

"What the lord means is that the Tianyin Sect is not really targeting the Shangxi Gold Mine in Dongyang, but all the mines of the Qian family in Wuzhou." Qiu Zhenmu was shocked. He did not expect that the Tianyin Sect The layout is so big.

Li Xuan nodded and said: "It's not surprising, because if it were this king, this king would do the same thing. In fact, when I was in Luoyang, this king had already discussed this with Uncle Yu, so when I arrived in Wu After the state, a series of highly targeted actions will be launched."

Everything, as early as in Luoyang, Li Xuan and Yu Ze had already started planning.

Qiu Zhenmu nodded suddenly, but immediately, he couldn't help asking: "What about the Yang family?"

"The Yang family has always had a small population. Although it is said that almost all of them are talents, it is precisely because of this that any death or injury of a direct lineage member is an unbearable pain for their entire family." Li Xuan turned her head and looked at Yu. Ze.

Yu Ze nodded slightly, and said: "If you want to choose a family in Wuzhou, it seems that the Yang family is the best one."

"But it's not so absolute. Who knows if the Yang family is a cover on the surface, and the real core may be elsewhere." Li Xuan raised her head to look at Li Zhu, and said in a deep voice: "The marking of each family is even more important. Go on, let's see who's actions are the most unconventional in the next few days, then that family may really be an insider of the Tianyin Sect."

Of course it's an internal thief, Li Xuan had already figured out from the very beginning that the Tianyin Sect was in the Wuzhou government office, so there must be hidden threads.

It's just that he didn't expect that almost half of the people in Wuzhou today are followers of Tianyin Sect.

This is equivalent to the entire Wuzhou, almost half of the people are the eyeliner of Tianyin Sect.

"Your order!" Li Zhu bowed his hands to Li Xuan earnestly, then raised his head, looked at Li Xuan, and asked cautiously and worriedly: "My lord, I don't know if the arrow shot at the north gate was injured.... "

That arrow, the arrow assassination that Li Xuan suffered at the gate of Wuzhou before, was actually from Li Mo behind the scenes.

Or to be more precise, it was Li Xuan himself.

Li Mo is a master of arrows. He used to shoot Ye Wanwan with a bow and arrow when he was in Yangzhou earlier.

It was also Li Mo who shot an arrow at Li Xuan fiercely with the Fu Yuan crossbow on the city gate tower.

Fortunately, both Li Zhu and Li Xuan had prepared in advance.

Although it looked like it was very difficult for them to take that arrow from the outside, only they knew that it was not difficult for them to take that arrow.

It was that carefully calculated arrow that caused huge turmoil in Wuzhou City tonight.

And this turmoil is only floating on the surface of the water now.

They couldn't see what was hidden deep under the water, and no one knew how thrilling it was.

That's why they need to watch more closely, because only when their opponents move, can they take advantage of it.

"You shouldn't ask me about this, you should ask Li Zhu." Li Xuan turned to look at Li Zhu, and said with a little worry: "Your arrow, most of the strength was endured by Li Zhu, his The muscles and bones should have been shaken more or less, and you can make it up to him later."

Li Zhu nodded slightly at Li Mo, but didn't speak.

Li Mo and Li Zhu grew up together, so they naturally knew that he was saying that there was nothing wrong with him.

None of the people present were surprised by this conversation between several people.

In fact, that's exactly what they planned ahead of time.

"When I'm new to Wuzhou, I must be cautious in everything, no one knows how many sinister schemes are waiting for us in the visible and invisible corners.

Instead of passively waiting for others to make a move, it is better to take the initiative and directly muddy the clear lake in the eyes of the other party, so that I and those who come later will have the opportunity to fish in troubled waters. "

Li Xuan sighed with emotion, he had expected the difficult situation in Wuzhou.

Even the governor Wang Fanglin was seriously injured, and Sima was directly stabbed to death. Li Xuan, the new Wuzhou Biejia, was not worth much in the eyes of others.

It has been two months since the assassination, and no one knows how much privacy has been implemented in the plan.

Li Xuan hastily entered Wuzhou at this time, and what he wanted to do was in the hands of others.

It was precisely in order to turn passive into active that Li Xuan meticulously planned the assassination on the city gate.

There are also all kinds of conspiracies after that, the purpose is to bring them opportunities where others can't see.

"Watch towers, take down four city gates, now as long as you take down five more watch towers, this king may really be able to sleep peacefully tonight."

Li Xuan looked at the location of the watchtower on the map, with a rare serious look on his face.

With the four-story central watchtower in hand, all the movements of the Tianyin Sect in Wuzhou cannot escape Li Xuan's eyes.

(End of this chapter)