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Li Ye hurried back to the government office and sent someone to find Qiu Xuan. After a while, Qiu Xuan hurried over and said, "See you, Your Highness!"

"I forgot to ask you something this morning. When I came back a few days ago, did you find the person I asked you to look for?"

Qiu Xuan smiled and said: "We have found the person. He is a master of copying. His imitation of King Yong's handwriting is even better than that of Wang Sima. He can completely fake the real ones. In addition, King Yong's treasure seal and hand seal are being imitated and can be made today. !”

Li Ye nodded, "I'll leave early tomorrow morning. I hope you can give it to me before I leave."

"Please rest assured, Your Highness, we will definitely be able to take it out!"

Li Lin's officials hurriedly withdrew from Mianzhou and Ezhou. Jianghan's army unexpectedly obtained a lot of Li Lin's royal edicts and autographed letters in Hanyang and Jiangxia. Li Ye immediately sent them back to Xiangyang and asked Qiu Xuan to find copying masters, which would have a great influence on him. Li Lin's warships are crucial.

Back at his house, Li Ye found Dugu Xinyue and Yang Yuhuan, and said to them apologetically: "I will go south to Jiangling tomorrow morning. It may take more than twenty days."

Dugu Xinyue smiled and said: "Actually, I'm used to it. My husband puts state affairs first, so just go ahead!"

Li Ye then told Yang Yuhuan: "Xin Yue is pregnant, so you should take more care of her at home."

Even though Yang Yuhuan felt reluctant to give up, she still nodded slightly, "Don't worry, husband, I will take good care of my eldest sister!"

After packing his luggage, Li Ye was going to the military camp. He hugged his wife and then Yang Yuhuan.

"I'm leaving, try to come back soon!"

"Husband, take care of yourself!"

Li Ye got on his horse, waved to the two of them, and urged the horse to leave the house and rush to the military camp outside the city.

At the fifth watch, Li Ye led 20,000 cavalry to go south quickly. At the same time, 5,000 naval troops and 100 warships also left Xiangyang and went south.

In addition to the 15,000 troops that had been sent to Jiangling and Ezhou, Li Ye had secretly invested 40,000 troops in the direction of Jingzhou and Mianzhou.

The next day, in the official communiqué of the government, Li Ye, the military governor of Jianghan, visited Dengzhou and Tangzhou. This was also to deceive others. No one would have thought that less than ten days after returning from his inspection of Hanyang, the military governor of Jianghan returned to Jingzhou again. .

Baling County in Yuezhou, today's Yueyang, faces the Yangtze River and strangles the mouth of Dongting Lake. Its geographical location is extremely important.

Before King Yong Li Lin came over, the defense of the eight states, including the west of Jiangnan West Road and the south of Shannan East Road, were under the jurisdiction of Kang Chuyuan.

King Yong Li Lin and King Lu Li Ye both arrived. Li Ye controlled Shannan East Road, and King Yong controlled Jiangnan West Road, Lingnan Road and Middle Guizhou Road. Kang Chuyuan was deprived of most of his territory. Finally, Kang Chuyuan was appointed by King Yong as the military envoy of Yuezhou. , relying on the 20,000 troops in hand to continue to control Yuezhou and part of the navy.

After An Lushan's army occupied Chang'an, Kang Chuyuan's hidden ambitions could no longer be concealed. He proclaimed himself the Overlord of Southern Chu, expelled state and county officials, and attempted to turn Yuezhou into his private territory.

However, when Kang Chuyuan heard that King Yong was angry and wanted to send a hundred thousand troops to conquer him, he immediately relented, canceled the title of Overlord of Southern Chu, invited the expelled officials back, and wrote a sincere letter admitting his mistake to explain himself If you are confused for a moment, you will never do it again.

Yongwang Li Lin planned to use him to contain Li Ye, so he let him go temporarily, but sent Liu Julin, a military adviser and adviser, as the governor of Yuezhou, which was actually to monitor Kang Chuyuan.

Liu Julin was from Yongxing County, Ezhou. He served as Sima of Hongzhou before. His wife, children and mother were all in his hometown. Liu Julin only brought a concubine to serve as an official in Hongzhou. In fact, most officials were like this. He takes care of his parents at home and works as an official outside with his concubine.

However, King Yong Li Lin suddenly assigned Mianzhou and Ezhou to Shannan East Road, which caught Liu Julin off guard. He sent people back to his hometown to check the situation and learned that Li Ye's army only controlled Jiangxia and ignored other states and counties. His family was safe. Nothing happened, Liu Julin felt relieved.

That night, Liu Julin was washing his feet in the room when he suddenly heard a man's voice outside. He raised his voice and asked, "Aru, who is it?"

Aru is his concubine. She has been with him for five years and is still not pregnant. Liu Julin knows that it is his fault and feels quite guilty. He is forty-five years old this year and has only one son, who is only sixteen years old. At the age of 18, he studied at home with his mother and took care of his grandmother together.

After a while, my concubine Aru came in and said, "He said he was sent by the prince. He had important matters to discuss with me. I asked him to wait in the living room."

"Okay! I'll go right away."

Liu Julin felt a little strange. When His Highness Yong Wang sent people over, he would usually send a pigeon letter in advance, but this time there was no pigeon letter! "

He dried his feet, put on his shoes, put on a coat, and came to the distinguished guest room in the atrium. He saw a majestic man sitting in the guest room, with thick eyebrows and deep eyes, and a powerful appearance.

Liu Julin felt even more strange. Why had he never seen this man before?

He stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "May I ask your surname? Do you hold any position under the prince?"

The majestic man smiled slightly and said: "I am Lei Wanchun, who serves as the Ezhou military envoy under the command of the prince!"

Liu Julin took a breath of air. It turned out that this prince was not the other prince. He was so shocked that he took two steps back, "Are you...are you a subordinate of His Highness Prince Lu?"

Lei Wanchun smiled slightly and said: "Liu Shijun, why don't you sit down and let's have a chat!"

Liu Julin turned around to run away, but Lei Wanchun said coldly: "Your Majesty, Liu Shaoan, was a little sick two days ago!"

Liu Julin seemed to be struck by lightning, his footsteps stopped suddenly, he turned around slowly and looked at Lei Wanchun in horror, "What are you talking about?"

Lei Wanchun waved his hand, "I don't mean any harm. Mr. Liu, please sit down and talk!"

Liu Julin walked back slowly and sat down. He stared at Lei Wanchun and asked sternly: "What's wrong with my son?"

At this time, the concubine Aru came in to serve tea, and Liu Julin waved his hand and asked her to go out quickly.

Lei Wanchun picked up the tea cup and said with a smile: "This must be Shijun's second wife! I have been with you for five years and I am not pregnant yet. Shijun Liu only has a single seedling!"

"Don't talk nonsense, what happened to my son?"

"Your son accidentally fell ill two days ago, just a little cold. I have asked a famous doctor to cure him."

"You're talking nonsense!"

Lei Wanchun took out a red cloth bag from his arms, put it on the table and pushed it to him. Liu Julin slowly opened the red bag, which scared him so much that his heart almost stopped beating. A personal jade lock was given to his grandson by his grandfather. It is engraved with the words "Prosperous descendants, longevity and prosperity". The other jade bracelet belongs to my old mother, who kidnapped my whole family.

He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth and asked, "Where are they?"

Lei Wanchun smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, I will invite them to Jiangxia as guests. They will live in your house in Jiangxia now. Everything is safe."

Liu Julin is from Ezhou, so naturally he also has a house in Jiangxia, the state capital.

The tension in Liu Julin's heart eased a little, and he asked again: "What exactly do you want to do?"

Lei Wanchun took out a letter and handed it to him, "This is a letter from His Highness King Lu, please read it first!"

Liu Julin received the letter and saw that it read that the Great Tang Hussar General, Shannan East Road Observer, Jianghan Jiedu Envoy, Taiwei, and Lu King Li Ye were addressed to Liu Julin, the governor of Yuezhou.

He opened the letter, and Li Ye was very polite in the letter, begging him for help, and promising to recommend him to the court to continue serving as the governor of Yuezhou after the matter was accomplished. The letter did not mention the situation of his family at all.

Liu Julin felt much better. He pondered for a moment and said, "Do you want me to help kill Kang Chuyuan?"

Lei Wanchun chuckled and said, "A country guy like Kang Chuyuan doesn't need Liu Shijun's help."

"Then what do you want me to do?"

Lei Wanchun took out a document and handed it to him. Liu Julin took it and suddenly his eyes widened, staring at the document in front of him in disbelief.