Yipin Tang

Chapter 475 The Eve of Luoyang
Just after a battle, Li Jing was inquiring about Li Yuanba's condition. He suddenly heard a report that a carriage came from outside the city and was about to enter the city. He frowned and said, "Didn't I say that no one is allowed to enter or leave Luoyang City?"

Li Jing has always been cautious in using troops. At this time, the rebels camped outside Luoyang City to prevent the rebels from responding inside the city, so he ordered no one to enter or leave.

The soldier who came to report did not leave after hearing Li Jing's words, but hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice, "The man here claims to be Prince Xin, Marquis of Jiayuan."

"It doesn't matter... what, you said it was Prince Xin, Marquis of Jiayuan?" Li Jing turned his head to look at the soldier.

"Yes, it is."

Li Jing said to Li Yuanba: "His Royal Highness Zhao Wang rests first, I will go and have a look."

Li Yuanba didn't consume much energy in the fight just now, when he heard that Wang Xiang came, he waved his hands and said, "It's okay, I'll go and have a look too."

At this time, the sky was a little dark, and I could barely see a carriage 200 meters outside the city gate. Li Jing took out his clairvoyance and looked at it. Wang Xiang was poking his head out of the carriage and waving at himself. Lighting the torches and Wang Xiang's eyesight is much better than that of ordinary people, so he saw Li Jing and Li Yuanba as soon as they went up.

Seeing that it was really Wang Xiang, Li Jing waved for the soldiers to open the door.

"go in."

Wang Xiang gave an order to Tie Dan and drove the carriage into Luoyang City. After they entered, the city gate was tightly closed again.

"Why are you here?" Li Jing and Li Yuanba said when they saw Wang Xiang jumping off the carriage when they got off the city wall, "Luoyang is not peaceful now, what are you doing here?"

Wang Xiang chuckled: "I have nothing to do in Chang'an, so I came here to relax."

Only ghosts believe it.Li Jing thought secretly, but seeing that Li Yuanba seemed to really believe his words, he was speechless for a while.

Seeing Wang Xiang winking at him, Li Jing knew that he had something to talk to him alone, so he took him to a secret room in the barracks.

There were only the two of them in the secret room, Li Jing ordered the soldiers to put away the outside, and said seriously, "Is there any order from Your Majesty?"

Wang Xiang nodded and took out a secret decree to Li Jing. Li Jing took the secret decree and opened it and was shocked.

"The prince was taken away by the rebels?"

Wang Xiang smiled wryly and said, "It's been a long time since he was kidnapped."

Li Jing shook his head and sighed: "No one knows about the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty."

"It just so happened that the rebel army rebelled, His Majesty didn't want to cause everyone to panic, so he concealed the matter. Since the rebel army only took the prince away, it means that the prince is still useful to them, so they will not hurt the prince easily."

"That's true." Li Jing nodded and continued to read, but was surprised again after reading two lines.

"The prince is in Luoyang? Cuixiang Tower is a rebel force?"

Wang Xiang continued to nod: "Yingxin has already told her everything she knows. I came here this time to save the crown prince, and His Majesty intends to take down the Cuixiang Tower."

In the secret decree, Li Er told Li Jing to arrange a pair of capable men to secretly surround the Cuixiang Tower, and once Wang Xiang rescued the prince or did not come out after two hours, let him lead people into the Cuixiang Tower.

"Since Cuixiang Tower is a rebel force, and that Yanluo is not low in the rebel army, the guards of Cuixiang Tower must be very strict. Is it too dangerous for you to go alone?" Li Jing frowned, daring to Hiding the crown prince in the Cuixiang Tower, there is no need to guess that he also knows that there must be many powerful people guarding the Cuixiang Tower.

Wang Xiang shook his head and said: "I will take Tie Dan to the Cuixiang Tower together. The rebels don't know that Yixin has already explained everything. I have met Yan Luo a few times, so I only take Tie Dan to them. They shouldn’t be suspicious, but if there are too many people, it will be even more difficult for them to use the prince as a threat.”

Li Jing is also a decisive person. Hearing Wang Xiang's words, he nodded and said, "Well, I'll immediately arrange a team of capable people to surround Cuixiang Tower secretly. Be careful yourself."

Wang Xiang smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm the best at escaping."

Li Jing has no doubts about this. It is no secret that Wang Xiang can disappear out of thin air and reappear out of thin air. During the battle with Tubo, so many people saw him being pierced by a sharp spear, and ended up disappearing for a while before reappearing intact. , so Li Jing still believed in his life-saving ability.

Discussed with Li Jing about rescuing Li Zhi. Wang Xiang and Tie Dan quietly left the barracks and returned to the house in Cui Liu Lane. At this time, there was less than half an hour left before the curfew. There is no one on the road at home.

The Gourd Tavern at the entrance of Cui Liu Lane has also closed, but the Daxing Casino is still brightly lit.

When Wang Xiang's carriage appeared at the entrance of Green Willow Alley, a pair of eyes on the second floor of the dark Gourd Tavern noticed them. Flashed past, heading towards Cuixiang Tower.

Cuixianglou, the largest brothel in Luoyang City and even the entire Tang Dynasty, is full of customers every day. Even now that there are rebels camping outside Luoyang City, the business of Cuixianglou is still very hot. Yan Luo stands on the second floor of Cuixianglou and looks downstairs. A faint disdain appeared on the face of the wanton and indulgent wealthy businessman.

At curfew time, the gate of Cuixiang Building was slowly closed, and Yan Luo returned to his room under the service of Hong'er.

In fact, Yan Luo was not as calm as she appeared on the surface. Originally, she planned to cooperate with the outside when the rebels outside the city attacked Luoyang, but she did not expect that Li Jing would be so strict in leading the army. The heavy soldiers took control of the main streets of Luoyang City, and they didn't give her any chance at all. Now the rebels outside the city can't attack for a long time, and she has no chance to send Li Zhi out. In addition, Yingxin was arrested, and she felt a little anxious .

At this moment, the person sent out to stare at Cui Liu Lane suddenly came back to report that Prince Jiayuan Hou had just arrived in Luoyang, and Yan Luo's eyes flickered suddenly.

"Do you know when he came to Luoyang and who did he bring?"

Although Yan Luo was still charming and charming at this time, the man in black standing beside him was extremely respectful and did not dare to have any other thoughts. Hearing her question, he quickly replied: "This subordinate has been guarding the Gourd Tavern I don't know when he came to Luoyang, but Banzhuxiang saw his carriage enter Cuiliu Lane before, with only the guard named Tie Dan and no one else."

After listening to the man in black's report, Yan Luo bowed his head and pondered for a moment, then raised his hand and said, "Continue to watch the movement in Cui Liu Lane, and report back immediately if you have anything to do."

When the man in black left Yanluo, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and he said to himself: "Li Jing ordered the city gates of Luoyang to be sealed off, but you came to Luoyang at this time. It's really intriguing."

"Miss, who is Wang Zixin?" Seeing that Yan Luo seemed to be very interested in Wang Zixin, Hong'er asked curiously.

"You forgot again." Yan Luo shook his head and smiled: "Maybe we can see him tomorrow..."

(End of this chapter)