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16. Tiger's tail is like a shadow

Before writing the third letter, Han Yu learned about Zhao Jing's tragic death.

Then he naturally used a full letter to express his views on Zhao Jing's death to Gao Yue.

Han Yu believed that the murderer who killed Zhao Jing was probably not instructed by Li Shigu of Ziqing, nor was it the Pinglu army left behind the backyard to carry out the murder, but someone else.

When he read this, Gao Yue's thumb trembled, and then he continued to read.

Han Yu said that the mountain shed that assassinated Zhao Zhonglang was hidden from Shenduyuan and Shangyang Palace in the west of the city, and then hidden to Zhengpingfang; while the Pinglu Army left the backyard, which was separated from Zhengpingfang by four streets and to the east.

If you are in the backyard to organize assassination, how can you command the mountain shed from the west in the east?

Moreover, Li Shigu had accepted the court's pardon before and had no reason to kill Zhao Zhonglang, who was dedicated to conquering Huaixi.

In addition, the mountain sheds collected by Ziqing Town are in Yique and Luhun counties in the south of the city. Monk Yuanjing is also in Foguang Temple in Zhongyue in the southwest. If he really takes action, he should have entered from Changxia Gate and would never have come from Shenduyuan.

When I was writing "Qinling Sacrificial Words", I knew that the mountain sheds were boundaries and regarded crossing the line as a taboo. Now, Du Ya, who is left behind in the east, arrested no less than a hundred people in the mountain shed, and they only confessed that they had dates with Zi Jiazhen, Mencha and Yuanjing, but who were assassinated by Zhao Jing and how to assassinate him, had no clue. So I, Han Yu, had a bold guess:

That is the murderer who assassinated Zhao Zhonglang. It is likely that it was not Yique or Luhun's mountain shed, but from other counties, Mianchi, Deng County, Linru, or Wangwu, who came across the line. It seems that it was not instructed by Li Shigu, but...

At this time, Gao Yue suddenly held Han Yu's letter down with his backhand.

Yun Shao next to him was surprised and asked Qingqing why you did this and if Tuizhi said something strange?

"No, no, Tuizhi made a very inspiring guess, but the relationship is very small and cannot be discussed in the boudoir." Gao Yue hurriedly concealed it and apologized to his wife.

"I know that you are now the Minister of the Secretariat. Tuizhi and you have to communicate with you, so you will inevitably have to mix court affairs." Yun Shao expressed his understanding to her husband.

The moonlight fell quietly in the courtyard. Gao Yue walked out of the bed with his hands behind his back, holding Han Yu's letter, looking at the sparkling pond without saying a word.

"Yi Song, I'm still thinking about the matter in Huaixi!" Wu Cailuan's voice came from behind.

Gao Yue turned around and nodded.

"Oh, sometimes I wonder if Wen Xiao's life is lucky or unfortunate? If he really becomes the prime minister like Yisong, that is, some kind of minister, what will it become and what will happen?" Wu Cailuan held the whisk and fell into deep thought.

"I think Brother Wen shouldn't change it, after all, what he chose was not Xue Lian's dance, but yours." Gao Yue said this, and he wanted to speak but stopped, and finally just mentioned, "I'm different."

In fact, Wu Cailuan understood Gao Yue a little, so she smiled, "Well, unless you are as stupid and clumsy as me, how can you remain unchanged?"

“…”

"At that time, in Chang'an City, before you could finish your exam, you sat in the scripture writing workshop, practiced small regular script, wrote calligraphy, and figured out the rhymes, and wrote legendary long combos. I thought life would always go on like this, but I always felt scared. Doesn't that mean that you failed to pass the Jinshi in Yisong? But this kind of worry is really redundant, because you soon turned into a tiger."

"Turn into a tiger, turning into a tiger into a human... Maybe, but even after eating a tail-burning banquet, the invisible tail of the beast may not necessarily disappear. It seems to be following me all the time." After Gao Yue said this, he bowed to Wu Cailuan and left immediately.

Back at the main hall, Gao Yue remained silent and threw Han Yu's letter into the fire, watching it turn into burnt ashes.

In fact, Gao Yue was not afraid of Han Yu's doubts. This kind of doubt was still in his layout skills.

This game was set up by him and the emperor.

In early autumn, Yuan Jing and others were killed in the West City.

At the same time, in the Yunzhou City Military Mansion, Li Shigu, Li Shidao, and almost all the generals of Ziqing knelt in front of the fifth guard of the imperial envoy. Li Shigu himself kept kowtowing, and bleeding from his forehead, shouting, "It's a waste!"

He refused to admit that Zhao Jing was the one who ordered someone to kill him.

"Since Li Jinwu (Li Shigu is now the General of the Jinwu Guard) is so persistent, in order to clear up grievances, Li Jinwu is invited to the court and accept the question. If the Holy Lord ruled that you are not guilty, you can return to this town. What?" The fifth Shouyi put forward this condition.

"I am not guilty, why should I enter the court? Furthermore, if I enter the court, I am guilty, I am afraid that I will become guilty." How could Li Shigu agree to the conditions proposed by the court?

So the negotiations ended unhappily.

The imperial court launched a large-scale conquest to attack Ziqing, which seemed to be a foregone conclusion.

At this time, Wu Shaocheng, Huaixi, also secretly sent people to Yunzhou, requesting to re-align with Li Shigu, and willing to win over Li Wanrong, the Xuanwu Army, to fight against the imperial court.

Li Shigu was angry with the court, so he kept the secret envoy from Huaixi in the museum and promised to sell 100,000 stones of salt and 500 war horses in the clam pool to Wu Shaocheng at a low price to enhance Huaixi's strength.

Because Li Shigu also had a job, which was to transport sea and land to the two foreign envoys of Silla and Bohai, he hired merchants from Silla and Bohai to transport them to Bianzhou by boat. Li Wanrong received the toll and allowed him to transport them along the canal, Huai River, and later along the Ying River to Yancheng controlled by Huaixi, and to replenish them into Wu Shaocheng's hands.

At the same time, Li Shigu also agreed that an elite team of 3,000 people would be dispatched to reinforce Huaixi Town from a small road.

Wu Shaocheng was overjoyed when he got the salt and the war horses. He secretly called Li Yuanping and Yang Yuanqing, "I don't want to kill Zhao Jing and blame Pinglu Li Shigu, but he actually had such a miraculous effect. Not only did he successfully let the court send troops to conquer Ziqing immediately, it greatly reduced the pressure on me in Huaixi, but also let Li Shigu, Li Wanrong and even Tian Xu turn back to us. It's really a stone of two birds."

Li Yuanping and Yang Yuanqing were also very proud, congratulations to Wu for his clever decisiveness.

"Even if Gao Yue led the Dongdu and Huainan at the same time, he was exhausted and unable to do anything." Wu Shaocheng laughed.

"Please don't take it lightly during the holidays. The mountain shed in Mianchi is still lurking in Luoyang City. To prevent the night from getting long and dreaming, we have to let them leave Dongdu quickly." Yang Yuanqing hurriedly suggested.

Wu Shaocheng nodded and said that the defense generals and postmen in the Dongdu have been arranged properly?

At this time, Li Yuanping said that everyone has done a good job of supporting work, and he will definitely be able to advance and retreat freely, just waiting for the instructions given by the festival.

"Okay!" Wu Shaocheng said, patting his knees.

Xuanpingfang, Chang'an City, has two eaves raised and is entering the city from the direction of Kunming Lake.

Behind the curtain, Yunhe lowered his eyebrows and hugged the child in the swaddling clothes.

Zhihui sat on the back eaves.

The eaves stopped in front of the red gate of Gao's house. Zhihui rushed out and carried the child over, and then Yunhe walked out.

However, in front of the door screen of the house, Yun Shao and Acuo, who came to greet each other, told them: Gao Yue had received the order from the town, and his first destination was Luoyang, the eastern capital.
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