Tibet

There is a small martial arts gym in Huairenfang, Luoyang City, called Wutong Yuan.

After the Anshi Rebellion, the people who were brutally slaughtered learned the hard way. In troubled times, without martial arts, they are just sheep for slaughter. With martial arts, you can at least protect yourself, have the strength and stamina, and even take your family to escape to the south. I think Understanding this, the people in the city sent their children to practice martial arts one after another.

For a time, there were many martial arts halls in Luoyang City, and almost everyone was practicing martial arts. There were martial arts halls everywhere. In Luoyang, where there were many martial arts halls, this small martial arts hall called Wutongyuan existed like a sparrow, but it also taught A dozen children.

The original owner of the martial arts gym, whose surname was Jian, was from Qinghe County, Beizhou, Hebei Province. Because he was old, he returned to his hometown to take care of his old age. At the beginning of the year, he sold the martial arts gym to a fellow villager.

A fellow villager named Zhao, named Zhao Wutong, was in his thirties. According to his boast, he had served as a general in Yan Zhenqing's army, but some insiders said that this man was actually a general in An Lushan's army. He surrendered to the Tang Army, and the cost of buying the martial arts school was his accumulation of plunder during the war.

But Zhao Wutong's true identity was Tian Chengsi's personal military lieutenant. He had been lurking in Chang'an. After the rumors of moving the capital came out at the beginning of the year, Zhao Wutong followed Tian Chengsi's order and sneaked into Luoyang City from Chang'an in advance.

Of course, Tian Chengsi also had official contacts in Chang'an, also known as Jinzouyuan. He would also pretend to submit some population and tax reports to the court on time, and he was also responsible for collecting court intelligence.

At present, Wei Bo Jinzou Academy has also moved to Luoyang with the imperial court. Because Jinzou Academy is monitored by Meihua Guards, Wutong Yuan has always been the hidden organization of Jinzou Academy. Some shady things are left to Wutong Yuan.

In the past two days, more than a dozen foreign warriors have come to the martial arts hall. They are said to be fellow disciples of the gym owner. They come to Luoyang to make a living and live in the martial arts hall. They go out early in the day and come back at night. No one knows what they are doing. What a deal.

These dozen warriors were actually Zhao Wutong's subordinates. They had just come from Chang'an. They were all highly skilled and ruthless killers.

In the afternoon, a middle-aged scribe rode a carriage to Wutong Courtyard in Huairenfang. The middle-aged scribe was called Liu Jiang, and he was the director of Wei Bo Jinzou Courtyard. When entering and leaving the Jinzou Courtyard, he would be watched by the Plum Blossom Guards, but here , and no one noticed him.

Liu Jiang entered the martial arts hall from the side door and was welcomed into the back hall by Zhao Wutong. He went to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing. Liu Jiang came to see him personally because he must have an important mission.

Liu Jiang sat down and said slowly: "Li Fuguo came to see me the day before yesterday."

Zhao Wutong was not surprised that Li Fuguo came to see them. Every year, their lord Tian Chengsi bribed the eunuch group with large sums of money. Led by Li Fuguo, the amount of bribes amounted to more than 100,000 yuan.

So when Wei Bo's army occupied the three states of Bei, De and Ji, although the court was very angry, the final result was nothing. Of course, the Quanhuan Group played a big role behind the scenes.

Although the Meihua Guard controlled by Li Fuguo ostensibly monitors Jinzouyuan, it is just a formality and more of a secret cooperation.

Liu Jiang asked again: "Li Xilie wants to assassinate King Qi, have they made any progress?"

Zhao Wutong shook his head, "They sent five killers to stay at Litong Inn in Nanshi. It is said that King Qi just came back from Ruzhou and was stationed in the inner barracks. These guys went to the VIP hotel yesterday to investigate the situation. My men have been Keep an eye on them secretly."

"Since King Qi is stationed in the military camp, why are they going to the guesthouse?" Liu Jiang asked in confusion.

"King Qi's men live in the VIP Hotel. They may think that King Qi will come to the VIP Hotel to visit their men, and then they will have a chance."

Liu Jiang snorted, "What a bunch of idiots. How could King Qi enter the city?"

Zhao Wutong asked tentatively: "Li Fuguo also wanted to assassinate the King of Qi when he came to the envoy?"

Liu Jiang shook his head, "Li Fuguo told me clearly that it is basically impossible to assassinate the King of Qi. Not to mention that there is no chance. Even if there is a chance, the King of Qi will stand fifty steps away and ask you to kill him with a crossbow." None of them could penetrate his armor. He had all thirteen treasure armors collected by the Supreme Emperor in his hands, and three of the protective inner armors were impenetrable. Therefore, Li Fuguo basically did not consider assassinating King Qi. "

After a pause, Liu Jiang said slowly: "But Li Fuguo came to me and really wanted us to help him assassinate someone."

"who?"

"King of Lu Li Shi!"

Zhao Wutong's eyes suddenly widened, "Why do you think of assassinating the emperor's grandson?"

"This is not something you and I should know."

Zhao Wutong pondered for a moment and said: "Then you should at least report it to the lord!"

Liu Jiang snorted, "Of course I know. I sent a pigeon letter to report to the lord the day before yesterday. I received the reply from the lord at noon today, so I came here to find you."

"What did the lord say?"

Liu Jiang took out a roll of pigeon letter paper and handed it to him. Zhao Wutong quickly took it, opened it and looked at it carefully. In his reply, the lord promised to assassinate Lu Wang Li Shi and ordered them to blame Li Xilie for the assassination.

Zhao Wutong nodded slowly. He understood that if Li Xilie was allowed to take the blame, the court would naturally attack Li Xilie first.

"This task will be left to you. Start taking action today and think carefully about how to blame Li Xilie's killer."

Li Ye has returned from Liang County, Ruzhou. He is guarded by five thousand cavalry. No assassin can get close to him.

Regarding the court's plan to exchange two roads for two roads, Li Ye rejected it flatly. The emperor's plan was too naive. Guanzhong was already his meal, and it was already fat meat in his mouth. How could he use his family's granary to exchange it?

Liu Yan has already visited Pei Zunqing and clearly rejected the two-for-two plan. The next step is for the imperial court to respond to their proposed six-million-guan plan. If the imperial court also refuses, it will either renegotiate or the negotiation will break down. Li Ye returned to Guanzhong, and the two sides broke out.

At noon that day, Liu Yan hurried to the Shenduyuan military camp and found Li Ye.

"Your Highness, the imperial court has officially accepted our plan and requires us to pay two million taels of silver and officially hand over the governance of Guanzhong and Guannei Road to us."

Li Ye breathed a long sigh of relief. This trip to Luoyang was not in vain, and he finally achieved his goal.

"In what way did the imperial court hand over Guanzhong and Guannei Road to me?"

"Pei Xiangguo said that he might be the military governor of Guanzhong, and then his governance power would include Guan Nei Dao, and Guan Nei Dao would not have additional official positions."

Li Ye nodded, took a few steps behind his hands and asked again: "Have the previous Jingxiang terms been adjusted?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, adjustments have been made and the one-year extension of the term has been cancelled. The four Hanzhong prefectures have also canceled the one-year extension of the term."

The reason why Li Ye proposed this clause before was to buy one year to transfer the shipbuilding workshops and craftsmen in Jingzhou to Hanyang, but this time he went to Liangzhou and learned that most of the large ship manufacturing had been moved to Hanyang, and the shipwrights had also moved to Hanyang. Settled in Hanyang, there are only some small boat manufacturers left in Jingzhou that cost less than a hundred stones, so there is no need to retain this clause.

At the same time, Li Ye merged Jiangxia and Hanyang into the new Jiangxia Prefecture, with Su Zhen, the governor of Jingzhou, as the governor.

At this time, a soldier came to report, "Xiangguo Pei wants to see you!"