Stepmother Shaoguang

Unfortunately, after Mingyue Tower was seized, he lost a reliable source of news in the capital, and some news lagged behind a lot, so he could only rely on letters from the Xiao family to learn a little bit.
Could it be something different from what the sage knew?
Sure enough, the saint asked him coldly: "Why don't I know, the assassin was thrown at the gate of Xiao's residence? Could it be that the assassin was sent by Xiao's residence?"

"No, no, brother, I just heard, I heard." King Yan quickly denied it, "Damn, look at my brother's broken mouth. He will bald in front of you when he hears any gossip in the restaurant. Don't let it go. In my heart."

The saint let him get away with it.
However, King Yan still had doubts in his heart. After leaving the palace, he secretly changed his clothes, took a small path, and quietly entered the back door of Xiao's mansion.

When Xiao Chongdao learned that King Yan had only been scolded by the sage and did not take any other actions, he didn't know what was wrong.

"Why are you nervous? Brother Huang has always treated me like this?" King Yan sneered, with a gloomy expression, "He thinks I'm a waste and can't do great things."

"No, Your Highness, this time the saint asked King Qi and Dali Temple to investigate in person. I always feel restless and dare not take any action. I'm afraid there may be fraud in it!"

You must know that the Ministry of Criminal Justice usually investigates, and he only needs to invite Ge Shangshu to have a meal, and it will be done.

"Uncle Xiao Guo, are you afraid?" King Yan looked impatient, "You were the ones who came to me in the first place."

"Of course not! There is no turning back when you open the bow, but His Highness needs to be careful in what he does in the future. Thousands of His Highness's people have already entered the city in batches. I have placed them in the workshop where most of the middle-aged laborers live, and it has not yet attracted people. Notice."

At the end of last year, after the Double Ninth Festival, He Shaoguang felt that there were suddenly more people in the capital because Xiao Chongdao had secretly released a group of King Yan's soldiers into the city.

He made up the identities of refugees and coolies for these people, concealing the origin of their calluses from years of martial arts practice.

"The Habayashi Army has more than [-] people. If my people and yours are added, will it be worthwhile?"

He tried his best to sneak so many people into Beijing, but he didn't want to lose his wife and lose his army.

"The five hundred personal guards in the minister's mansion, plus the army under him, all obey the orders of the minister. In addition, the 2000 people of His Highness are all carefully selected seedlings. There should be a [-]% chance of winning, but the Xishan Camp That"

These, Xiao Chongdao obviously considered clearly.

Their number of heads is a bit higher than that of the Habayashi Army, and their military strength may not be inferior to that of the Habayashi Army. It is the tens of thousands of troops in the Xishan Camp. I don't know how to distract them?

King Yan interrupted him, and said confidently: "At Xishan Daying, I have already discussed with the Turkic people. When Sang Xi comes to attack on purpose, the saint will definitely let Lu Xiaowen lead the army. Let's seize the opportunity."

This is a good idea. After Sang Xi took office, he managed the Turks well and learned from the strengths of other grassland peoples. The Turkic people seldom go hungry.

Even though many young and middle-aged people died in the war last year, they have slowly begun to return to life now.

"We just seriously injured the previous Khan, will the Turks help us?"

Xiao Chongdao's worry is not unreasonable, after all, he only played one match last year.

King Yan knew the situation of the Turks, and he was very confident. He had already negotiated with the Turks: "Sang Xi didn't get along with his elder brother, so we helped him win the position of Khan. In addition, I promised Let him go and cede Yanzhou to them after the matter is completed, he will definitely make money from this deal."

Xiao Chongdao was taken aback. He was not willing to cede Yanzhou: "But Yanzhou is a fortress. If it is ceded, the Central Plains will be difficult to defend and easy to attack."

"You don't have to worry about this. Although Sang Xi is quite powerful, he is not good at fighting. Then we just need to turn around and beat them to the ground! Hahahahahaha"

Yan Wang laughed.

Xiao Chongdao is still a little worried, but now he is taking advantage of King Yan, so it is not easy to say much.

King Yan and Xiao Chongdao met secretly.

After he came out, he changed completely, put on the clothes that he entered the palace, and strutted into the Huae Tower from the main road.

When the saint learned that he had gone to Hualou again, he didn't say a word, but asked someone to remind him: "The Empress Dowager talked about him several times in the palace, and asked him to visit the palace more often when he has time."

However, Xiao Chongdao was deeply concerned about what the sage said about the assassin, and he wanted to sneak into Lu's mansion to find out.

He summoned the hidden guards and whispered some advice.

After receiving the order, the dark guard immediately hid himself in the night, waiting for an opportunity to act.

Little did they know that this was a trap set by the saint for them.

After He Shaoguang had dinner, he strolled around the courtyard. Unlike in the past, she always felt that the atmosphere in the courtyard was not quite right these two days.

It was obviously the same arrangement, but she was always uncomfortable, as if someone was staring at her.

A gust of wind blew past, rustling the old tree in the yard.

He Shaoguang looked up, and under the hazy afterglow of the setting sun, people couldn't see the shadows among the trees clearly.

"Forget it, let's go into the house." She said to Zhijun who was walking with her.

"Why did you come in so soon?" Lu Xiaowen couldn't help asking when she saw that she came back after going out for a while.

"I'm tired of looking at this yard every day." She leaned against the window, looked at the top of the tree just now, and asked casually, "Where do these banyan trees come from in the capital? I remember that there are more of them in the south."

"You mean the weeping banyan tree? My father transplanted it when I was a child, and planted several, but this one survived." Lu Xiaowen seldom pays attention to the flowers and plants in the yard, only this banyan tree is his childhood memory .

"That's it," He Shaoguang subconsciously echoed, and thought to himself: If someone is hiding on such a dense tree, you won't be able to see it, right?

"When I was young, I often climbed up to it. When playing hide-and-seek, with my third brother's brain, I was rarely found." Lu Xiaowen hurt his younger brother without mercy.

"Elder brother can't find it either?"

"Brother can't climb trees."

Brother Lu is really as weak as he looks.

"I heard that King Yan redeemed a Le girl and raised her in the current residence." Although He Shaoguang didn't go out, gossip and the like could still be heard.

What Yan Wang did on his face was really flirtatious.

"He did it to paralyze the saint. My men were secretly ambushing outside Xiao's mansion, and saw him go after leaving the palace yesterday." Lu Xiaowen was very clear about this man's movements, and since King Yan entered the city, he has been secretly monitoring him. Under the circumstances, this is also the instruction of the saint.

"You won't be found out if you do this, right?" He Shaoguang worried.

"No, my people have been specially trained, which is different from their rabble."

He chuckled, with disdain in his smile.

He is not afraid even if he faces Xiao Chongdao's men clearly.

"Well, tell me, is it possible that he already knew from Xiao's residence that we are against him?

In the past few days, I always feel that something is wrong in the yard, as if someone is staring at me. "