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

Chapter 390 Responding from inside to outside, roaring up
Under the night, Wuzhou City was crowded with people.

For two consecutive days, the curfew was postponed for half an hour. Everyone on the street was laughing and walking, and everything was lively.

However, above the central watchtower, it was deserted.

Li Xuan was dressed in a gold silk robe with a black background, looking calmly to the northwest, where two entries clearly appeared on the long street there.

[Zhang Wanyu, head of Yuhang Hall of Tianyin Sect, 27 years old, father Zhang Shuyin, brother, Wen Fuzhi, in the middle of Xuantai (slight injury)]

[He Qing'er, the deputy head of Wuzhou Hall of Tianyin Sect, 17 years old, the peak of the real realm]

In the distance, under Li Xuan's sharp gaze, he could clearly see a carriage slowly heading west.

"It's really interesting. He insisted on taking action even though he was injured. Is there any reason why he had to do it, or did he do it on purpose to attract attention?" Li Xuan's voice was very soft, and only he could understand the voice. able to hear.

His eyes fell on the downstairs, and a group of Nanchang government guards had already surrounded the area secretly.

When other people approach, they are always consciously or unconsciously pushed to the edge.

On the third floor, Li Zhu and Qiu Zhenmu stood on both sides of the stairs with solemn expressions, while Xu Jian and Du Bixing were thinking in secret.

For the past two days, Li Xuan would come here for a walk every half an hour before the curfew, and return to the residence when the curfew started.

No one knew what Li Xuan was looking at.

Although the central watchtower can see almost the entire state city, the state city is vast.

In many places, you can only see a shadow vaguely, and you can't really see it at all.

Just when the curfew was about to start, there was a sound of footsteps from below, and a guard stepped up from below, and then delivered a note to Li Zhu's hand.

Li Zhu didn't even look at it, and turned around directly to go upstairs.

Soon, Li Xuan's voice came down: "It's our Boss Chen. He just went to Dingxingfang. It looks like he doesn't intend to leave tonight."

"Dingxingfang, there is the worst condition in the entire state city, what does he go there for?" Xu Jian was a little confused, so he looked at Du Bixing who was standing beside him.

Du Bixing sighed softly, and said: "In Dingxingfang, the vast majority of people living in Wuzhou are the poorest people in Wuzhou. Among them, there are thousands of immigrants from Muzhou. The landless poor people.

Those Muzhou immigrants are the most devout believers in the Tianyin Sect, and those people, no matter whether it is this year or next year, do not have any qualifications for granting land, just a little incitement..."

"Refugees!" Upstairs, Li Xuan sighed softly, and then said: "They are the group of people in the whole Wuzhou who are most eager to change the world. Tonight, I am afraid that it will really be quiet."

Everyone moved.

Zhang Wanyu, as well as Chen Ming, all started to move tonight, and what they did was so simple.

Ever since Li Xuan returned to Zhoucheng from Jinhua, Chen Ming became more and more uneasy.

He poisoned Li Xuan, even though he borrowed Shan Ji and Hu Danxu's hands in the middle, but he did it after all.

But Li Xuan didn't show any signs of being poisoned. I'm afraid everyone would suspect that the poisoning incident was leaked from the very beginning.

Chen Ming really doubted how the Tianyin Sect actually did things.

However, after Li Xuan returned to Zhoucheng, they did not arrest him, not even Shan Ji.

This made Chen Ming couldn't help wondering if there was something wrong with Shan Ji.

Or, the person who caused the problem was simply Chen Ming himself.

Chen Ming, who was restless day and night and suspicious, didn't realize at all that he himself had already been completely stared at to death.

But tonight, Chen Ming moved uncharacteristically.

All the fear and anxiety from before disappeared without a trace.

Li Xuan turned her head and looked to the southeast, ten miles outside the city.

There, an entry also emerged immediately after.

[Ye Wanwan, the saint of Tianyin Sect, beautiful and unparalleled, weird elf, seductive in appearance, surly in heart, the pinnacle of innate talent—controllable, markable, believer]

In the west of the city, Ye Wanwan, the saint of Tianyin Sect, arrived.

Although Li Xuan could only see her entry, it is estimated that she was not the only one who came here, all the people from the Tianyin Sect who attacked Zhoucheng came this time.

In such an embarrassing situation, we still have to act.

Thinking about it, in addition to their strength in Zhoucheng, they can indeed take a risk, and there may be pressure from the general arena.

Empress Chen Shuozhen.

She's running out of time.

Although Li Xuan didn't know why she said that she didn't have much time, it was true that she asked Tianyin believers to bloom everywhere in Wuyue.

This is the reason why Tianyin Sect abandoned the practice of gathering all forces to connect Muzhou to Wuzhou, and instead spread its manpower in Wuyue states at the same time.

"Here's an order to order Xingfang to close the gate from now on, no one can come in and out, trespassers, regardless of their status, will be beheaded."

Li Xuan's incomparably cold voice came down, and Du Bixing and Xu Jian raised their heads in surprise at the same time.

Li Xuan's voice was cold, and she continued: "Du Canjun, I order you to rush to the outside of Dingxingfang from now on, and guard it yourself, no one is allowed to go out...every half an hour, throw ten torches inside, Regardless of whether you care about catching fire, but only ten are allowed, and only ten are allowed every half an hour."

"I will obey the order." Du Bixing solemnly bowed his hands and agreed.

Li Xuan nodded, and the cold voice came down again: "At the same time, an order was issued that after the curfew, people are strictly prohibited from entering and leaving, and they are not allowed to be released at will. Once verified, they will be punished as treason."

"Here!" Du Bixing agreed without the slightest hesitation.

"Go, as long as none of the thousands of people in Dingxingfang go out tonight, I will ask for the first credit for you." Li Xuan looked at Du Bixing, even serious.

Of course Du Bixing knew the importance of this technique, without any hesitation, he cupped his hands at Li Xuan, then turned around and got down.

In a blink of an eye, Du Bixing had already brought several government servants and quickly headed towards Dingxingfang.

Du Bixing had just left, and at this moment, the guard who had just left sent up another secret letter.

Li Xuan waved his hand casually, and Li Zhu immediately opened it in front of everyone: "In the near future, we found traces of a large group of people walking in Hama Rock, roughly estimated to be more than 400 people."

"I didn't discover it at any time. Toad Rock is between Yanxi and the mountains. That is to say, the group of people passed through the mountains quietly last night, and they should have arrived at Zhoucheng by now." Li Xuan just finished speaking. , Xu Jian downstairs held the handle of the knife in an instant.

He raised his head, looked upstairs, and said with a serious face: "My lord, the last general will go back immediately, organize soldiers, and search the whole city."

"No need." Li Xuan said in a calm voice, "Do you think they have entered the city now? Don't worry, they are not so bold, maybe less than ten people will come in."

Li Xuan didn't believe that people from Tianyin Sect would be so stupid as to bring everyone into the city at once.

Especially these two days, Li Xuan specially ordered that the curfew be extended by half an hour.

This seems to be an act for the benefit of the people, but in You Xin's view, it somewhat tastes like inviting the king into the urn.

Especially Li Xuan, in their eyes, has always been a villain known for his schemes and schemes.

"Brother Qiu, send someone to order Zhang Canjun to stay on duty at the Governor's Mansion tonight and not to leave." As soon as Li Xuan's voice fell, Qiu Zhenmu clasped his hands and promised without the slightest hesitation: "Observe the order!"

Qiu Zhenmu turned and left, while Li Xuan continued: "Xu Canjun, I order you to go to the south gate now and sit and guard it yourself, and at the same time send an order to all the gates. From now on, half of the gates will be closed, and anyone waiting is only allowed to enter. , not allowed to go out."

"The next official obeys the order." Xu Jin's expression suddenly became solemn.

Li Xuan followed up and said: "Decree, all the important points on the city walls, if there is an attack, immediately light the flames."

"Follow the order!" Xu Jian joined the army as a soldier, and was in charge of the entire Wuzhou city security.

In addition to the city gate, there are many places that need to be paid attention to in the city defense.

"Here's an order to recruit retired soldiers from all the districts. Once the city is attacked, all the soldiers will gather immediately, prepare their own swords and bows, and rush to the city gate to meet the enemy." Li Xuan's words immediately cheered up Xu Jian's spirit.

Once the state city is attacked, everything in the entire Wuzhou will immediately turn into a wartime state.

No matter whether it was Wang Fanglin or Li Xuan, no matter how many times they were assassinated, no matter how many Tianyin believers were wiped out in the city, it was still a public security case in nature, even if it was suspected of treason, as long as they did not raise the banner to rebel , that was not considered wartime.

Even if Li Xuan already knew that they had gathered a large number of people, as long as the other party didn't raise the flag blatantly, then on his side, the rules that should be followed had to be followed.

Even if they want to exterminate them, at most they can only use soldiers and government soldiers.

But as soon as they attack the city, Li Xuan can immediately increase the number of soldiers in Wuzhou by more than ten times on the grounds that the Tianyin cultists attacked the prefectures and counties.

This kind of rule itself is for the inside of the court, otherwise, any official, just find a reason, wouldn't it be possible to summon a large number of soldiers.

"Decree, after tonight's curfew starts, any idlers who appear on the street will be arrested immediately... regardless of the reason, they will be arrested immediately, and anyone who resists will be killed immediately." Li Xuansen's incomparably cold voice came from above. outgoing.

"The next officer obeys the order." Xu Jian didn't have any doubts about Li Xuan's order.

"Go and get busy." Li Xuan waved his hand casually, and Xu Jian immediately turned around and left.

Standing on the attic, Li Xuan looked at the entries of Zhang Wanyu and He Qinger in the northwest, with a sneer on his face.

The next moment, Li Xuan had already gone downstairs.

Qiu Zhenmu quickly stood up, Li Xuan waved her hand and said directly: "Let's go, let's go to the granary."

Qiu Zhenmu was stunned.

Shouldn't it be time to gather manpower to prepare for the emergency?

(End of this chapter)