Tibet

In a teahouse in Chongyefang, Dugu Ming and Li Dai sat opposite each other.

"Brother Xian, do you feel like someone is watching you?"

Li Dai nodded, "There are people monitoring me in front of and behind my house. When I go out in a car, I can feel someone following me from behind. There are even many monitors among my guards. It can be said that surveillance is everywhere."

Dugu Ming nodded and smiled: "Now you are the person that the eunuchs care about the most. As long as you stay in Luoyang, the eunuchs can sleep well."

"Are they so afraid of Ah Ye?"

"How can you not be afraid?"

Dugu Ming sneered and said: "The five hundred thousand Guanlong army is coming, and all the eunuchs will be shattered to pieces. In the past, the emperor was holding up the sky, and Aye couldn't do anything. Now that the emperor has died, the sky has actually collapsed."

"You mean, once Ah Ye's army comes to kill me, I won't be safe?"

Dugu Ming nodded, "That's true, so Aye asked me to help transport you out!"

"Just these two days?"

Dugu Ming shook his head gently, "Not these two days, but now!"

"Now?"

Li Dai's eyes widened, and he suddenly waved his hand, "No! No! What can I do now? I haven't prepared anything. I have to go back and clean up. I still have two concubines at home. I can't leave them behind. Besides, there are people watching outside. Looking after me!"

Dugu Ming waved his hand, and the guard standing behind him took two steps, turned his back to the outside, and tore off the mask on his face. Li Dai was stunned and stunned. The man in front of him looked so similar to himself.

He suddenly understood what Dugu Ming meant, and asked this person to go back to the house on his behalf, so that Jin Chan could escape from his shell.

Li Dai lowered his head and thought for a moment and said, "What about my two concubines?"

"They are easy to handle! In fact, the eunuchs only care about you and Aye's mother and don't care about them at all. You write a letter to them and ask them to go to the Qiao Gong Jewelry Shop in Nanshi at noon tomorrow. There is a back door there. I'll pick them up from behind."

"What about Brother Dugu? If the eunuchs find out that I'm missing, will they arrest you?"

"I will retreat with your concubine, don't worry! I have made arrangements. Li Shanwu's 10,000 troops are stationed in Xin'an County. My eldest brother and King Yong are all in the army, and you will also be in the army. After I arrived at the army, the army retreated westward."

Li Dai immediately wrote a letter. There was a small red box in his study room, which contained his letters and notes. He had to ask his concubine to bring it out. Other personal belongings did not matter.

He thought for a while and wrote another note to Liu Wutong.

Dugu Ming carefully put the mask on Li Dai's face. Li Dai suddenly turned into another person. The two exchanged clothes and hats. They were exactly the same as Li Dai. Although he was shorter, he couldn't tell even if he was wearing a hat.

Dugu Ming smiled and sent "Li Dai" out of the teahouse, waved goodbye to him, and "Li Dai" got on the carriage. The guards escorted the carriage away, and several monitors on donkeys followed the carriage from a distance.

Dugu Ming took the 'guards' into another carriage, and the carriage went in the opposite direction.

"Once this person is discovered, won't he survive?" Li Dai worried.

Dugu Ming smiled faintly and said: "This man is nicknamed Baibian Scholar. I spent a lot of money to invite him. His real appearance is not like you, but he is made up to look like you. He once worked as a three-year-old in your house." Yue Mafu, I have observed you carefully, his mission is only to buy us two days, and he will disappear in a few days."

Dugu Ming directly sent Li Dai out of the city. At this time, the city gate was heavily guarded and soldiers were strictly guarding it. They were only preparing to enter the city and no one was allowed to leave the city.

Of course, leaving the city is still allowed under special circumstances, but it must be approved by the Privy Council.

Dugu Ming has a special gold medal for leaving the city, which he bought from Yu Chaoen at a cost of 200,000 guan. The price of the gold medal for leaving the city is 200,000 guan. There is no search or questioning, and up to three carriages are allowed to go out.

The price for a silver medal to leave the city is 100,000 yuan. They will be questioned but not searched, but the carriages must be opened and taken a look. At most one carriage is allowed to leave the city.

The price of a bronze medal for leaving the city is 30,000 guan. They must be questioned and searched. If a suspicious suspect is found, they must be detained. They are not allowed to ride in a carriage and can only leave the city on foot. No more than three people are allowed.

The same goes for boats, but Bronze Medals are not allowed to leave the city by boat.

In addition, you can leave the city with Li Fuguo's approval letter, which also costs money.

This is the characteristic of the Eunuch Party. On the one hand, it must strictly investigate suspicious persons, but on the other hand, it takes money to make a hole. It seems very contradictory and completely reflects the split personality of the Eunuch Party.

The carriage slowly stopped at the city gate. The guard showed the gatekeeper the gold medal for leaving the city. The general did not dare to stop him. With a wave of his hand, the carriage slowly left the city.

The war has begun. King Yun Li Rong and Wang Sili led 30,000 troops to Sishui Pass. Sishui Pass is Hulao Pass. It is the easternmost fortress in the Luoyang area. It has been guarding the east gate of Luoyang since ancient times and is extremely difficult to attack.

When attacking Luoyang from the east, Hulao Pass is a hurdle that cannot be bypassed.

Thirty thousand troops set up camp outside Hulao Pass. In the morning, the bright sunshine shone on the earth, but the wind was strong, with strong winds blowing and dust flying.

The 30,000-strong army was divided into three large formations in front of Hulao Pass. Wang Sili's army could be regarded as the elite of the Tang army. Although it was not as good as Li Ye's Guanlong army, it was much stronger than the Shence army.

Although the Shence Army's combat effectiveness was exhausted, they occupied the tall and solid Hulao Pass. Although there were only 10,000 defenders, they were not afraid of the 30,000 siege troops.

Wang Sili stared at Hulao Pass three miles away and felt that it was very difficult to capture this powerful pass without powerful siege weapons.

But the arrow was on the string and had to be fired. Wang Sili immediately ordered: "The First Army is ready to attack!"

Ten thousand troops carrying hundreds of siege ladders were lined up and ready. Wang Sili waved his sword and said, "Attack!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Fierce war drums sounded, tens of thousands of soldiers of the First Army shouted, and ten thousand troops carried siege ladders and rushed towards the city wall like a tide.

Li Dai is the top priority of the eunuch's surveillance. There are a hundred Plum Blossom Guards soldiers monitoring him. There are also four or five maids and servants in the house who are also Mei Blossom Guard spies, secretly watching Li Dai.

In Dugu Ming's words, Li Dai is now the reassurance of the eunuchs. As long as Li Dai stays quietly in Luoyang, the eunuchs can sleep well.

But the eunuchs did not dare to imprison Li Dai, not even under house arrest, otherwise Li Ye would find an excuse to send troops.

Then we can only increase the surveillance intensity. A guard named Zhang Xianmeihua will be responsible for monitoring Li Dai. He will listen to reports every day and then report to the superiors.

A servant reported to him: "Li Xiangguo seemed to be in a bad mood yesterday. He had been pacing back and forth in the study with his hands behind his hands. He slept directly in the study last night."

"What about this morning?"

"In the morning, our people saw him practicing swordsmanship in the garden. In the past two days, I heard that he was writing some Ten Thousand Words Memorial. He has been writing behind closed doors in the study. Even breakfast was sent to the study."

At this time, a maid came secretly to report, "The two young ladies are going to Nanshi to buy jewelry."

Zhang Xian scolded women for having too much trouble, and then asked, "Where is Li Xiangguo?"

"Li Xiangguo is not going, he is still writing in the study."

The supervisors paid no attention to Li Dai's two concubines, unless they were Mrs. Xiangguo, but Mrs. Xiangguo went to Chang'an.

Zhang Xian immediately ordered: "Send a few warriors to follow, and the others will continue to monitor Li Xiangguo."