"The Wu family has not heard from anyone," said a palace maid standing in front of Wang Chengen. "We have been staring at her. No matter where she goes, there are people staring at her."

Wang Chengen nodded, "Continue to stare at her. Wu was sent by Zhang Chao to His Majesty. It must be Zhang Chao's eyeliner arranged by Zhang Chao to his Majesty. His Majesty kept her just to lure the snake out of the hole. However, I didn't expect that Wu was very cautious and had not acted rashly after so long, but our family believed that she would act sooner or later."

"Remember, your task is to keep an eye on her, but don't act rashly. What we want is the contact person who knows she is in the palace. The more you find, the better."

The Six Gates were once glorious, but unfortunately, they are becoming less and less popular with the emperor, and Wang Chengen's status has also plummeted. Wang Chengen never believes that Wu's family will be innocent, she must be the eyeliner arranged by Zhang Chao.

But after waiting for so long, there was no action from Wu, and Wang Chengen's patience was almost over. She didn't spread the news that Zhang Chao's daughter was still alive. The emperor asked her to criticize the memorials on his behalf. She didn't spread so many secrets in the court. Could it be that she was really not the spy that Zhang Chao put in?

No, it is absolutely impossible, he refused to believe that Wu was innocent.

The six doors have been too dereliction of duty recently.

Zhang Chao's family has all fled back to Yangzhou, and Zhang Chao's second daughter is even about to marry Chengqian. The missing gold and silver in the vaults of various branches of Li Ji Money House have not been found yet, and there is no news about the assassin and killer sent out.

All the signs made him more and more convinced that in the darkness, there was indeed a more powerful mysterious organization. This organization was huge in scale and had existed for a long time. Even his six doors were probably penetrated by them.

And it is definitely only Zhang Chao who can have such a team and have been hiding so well. Since Zhang Chao had dared to train 50,000 troops in Nanyang before, it was not surprising that Zhang Chao secretly established an organization like the Six Gates. He was just surprised how Zhang Chao did all this, and he was unaware of it.

Now he only felt that such a mysterious organization existed, but he had not even found its name.

Wang Chengen came to the emperor's imperial study with all his worries.

The emperor was standing in front of a huge glass mirror, and several eunuchs were wearing armor for the emperor. A set of full-body armor with golden light and gold plated.

Several eunuchs were sweating profusely, but they found that the armor was not very suitable.

The emperor had a nanmu, and although his face had become much thinner, his belly became bigger. When this set of armor was made, it was tailor-made to the emperor's figure, but it was not worn now.

Li Shimin also noticed this embarrassment. He angrily snatched a piece of plate armor from the eunuch and threw it aside.

"Let the Military Armor Bureau create another set for me!"

The eunuch responded quickly.

"Get out."

Li Shimin removed the plate armor and walked to the steps to sit down directly. He drew his sword out of the sheath and leaned on his knees, looking at the sword that looked like a pool of autumn water.

"Wang Chengen, how did you do that?"

"Wang Majesty, Wu has not taken any action."

Li Shimin gently scraped the blade with his thumb, feeling the sharpness of the sword.

"Be patient, this Wu family is absolutely smart and cunning, not to be young, it's a fox. She must be Zhang Chao's best spy and I'll keep an eye on me. I believe that she will sooner or later. In addition, I'll keep a little eye on others in the palace. I always feel that someone is peeking at me, and there must be many Zhang Chao's eyeliners in this palace."

"Remember, don't rush to alert the enemy. Follow the clues and catch them all in one go."

Hanjing, in the suburbs.

After listening to his subordinates’ report, Ke Qing said, “It seems that we have been targeted. Be careful during this period.”

Ke Qing asked his father in confusion, "Why didn't he kill the emperor directly?"

Ke Qing waved his subordinates back.

"Qing'er, you're too stupid to say this. Why do you want to kill the emperor?"

"If you kill the emperor, the prince will ascend the throne. If the imperial court has no leader, we will successfully attack Hanjing." Ke Qing said.

Ke Qing shook his head.

"You think the question is too simple. Who will succeed the throne if the emperor is killed? The prince, who is the prince? The emperor's son. Even if their father and son are not in harmony now, if the king of Zhao kills the emperor, it will be a monarch. Not only will it be cursed by the people of the world, but it is also a huge handle in the hands of the prince. If the prince wants to cross the river and destroy the bridge, this is a good reason."

"Besides, we are clearing the king's side, not attacking the foolish king. How can we assassinate the emperor?"

"Since that's the case, why do we try our best to send an alchemy monk over?"

"The emperor was taking pills, and many people knew what we had to do with this."

"After taking pills, you will feel at most depressed and have some hallucinations, not poisoning. The elixir of immortality cannot be killed, while the daytime ascension pill can be eaten to death, but if you collect medicinal materials and then refine pills, you don't know the year of the monkey and horse month."

Ke Qing is Zhang Chao's confidant and understands Zhang Chao's meaning very well.

It is impossible to kill the emperor. Zhang Chao has no reason to kill the emperor. Killing the emperor will not do any good for him, and there will be endless troubles. Giving the emperor the immortal pill is just to make the emperor's mind more confused.

"Dad, I heard that Wu Cairen is now deeply trusted by the emperor in the palace, and even asked her to review the memorials on her behalf. She can get in touch with many secret matters. Should we send someone to contact her and let her spread the news for us?"

"No!"

Ke Qing waved.

"The Wu family is just a smoke bomb sent by King Zhao into the palace to confuse the emperor and the six gates. Don't forget how the Wu family entered the palace. Do you think the emperor would be unprepared? Maybe they would have been waiting for us to get in touch with each other, and then follow the clues and catch them all in one go. Although we have eyeliners in the palace, it is not easy and cannot be exposed easily."

"No need to worry about Wu's family. She doesn't know about us anyway. Even if the emperor doesn't have the patience to interrogate her, he still can't find out. Let her attract attention there."

After a pause, Ke Qing asked his daughter, "Have you found out the burial place of Xia Huaniang and her son? King Zhao means that we should send the bones back."

Ke Qing shook his head, "It's strange to say that we have been looking for a long time, but no one knows the place where Xia Hua and his son are buried, and they haven't even found out where they died. The few messages I got before are not in line with them. I have some doubts, maybe Xia Hua is not dead at all."

Ke Qing frowned, "It shouldn't be, if the emperor didn't kill him, why would he say that?"

"But if you really kill it, you can't find any news."

"Or what if I secretly take over with Wu, I guess she must know the situation."

"It's too dangerous to connect with Wu's team." Ke Qing hesitated.

There are indeed their spies in the palace, but it is extremely inconvenient to move in the palace and it is difficult to convey information. It is not an important matter. Ke Qing did not activate them, but just let them lurk. There are also people with shadows in the six doors, but they cannot access many important news.

"If you check this matter again, Ruo Xiahua may be still alive. Then we will find an opportunity to join the Wu family. Be careful of this matter, Wu family is a trap."

"I see."

Hebei.

Yuchi Gong had already led his army to retreat. When he was stationed in the camp, the army supervisor broke into Yuchi Gong's tent.

"General Yuchi, please give me an explanation. Lu Longsei will be able to break through immediately. Why don't hesitate?"

Yuchi Gong had just taken off his armor and exposed the thick chest hair on his chest. He picked up the water bag and drank water in big mouthfuls.

"Yuchi Gong!"

Yuchi Gong turned around, "Guo Jianjun, in terms of title, is the King of Wei. In terms of position, is the Grand Governor of the Left Army or the Grand Governor of the Hebei Road Army. What is your right to call someone's name like this?"

The military supervisor snorted, "Master Yuchi, please give me a reply, otherwise, I will tell you the truth, saying that you are cooperating with the enemy and letting the thief go!"

"Hahaha! Just write it, as you write it, some are just doing what you want. Your Majesty will ask someone to go south to defend Huaibei immediately after receiving the order, and some are doing it according to the order. Is there anything wrong with it?"

"You can capture Lu Longsai immediately. If you withdraw your troops at this time, why don't you rush to the enemy?"

"You said you can conquer it immediately, but you can conquer it? I have led my troops to fight for so many years, but I haven't fought any big battles? After fighting under Lulong Pass for several months, how many soldiers died? You haven't seen it with your own eyes? How many times have you attacked the city, but you were beaten back in the end? If Lulong Pass is so easy to fight, I'll have to talk about it here?"

The military supervisor was spitted by Yuchi Gong, but he could not refute that he was indeed an amateur in fighting war. But someone told him before that if he did not retreat and attacked again, he would definitely be able to conquer it.

"Everyone Wang said that he could take it down with another attack!"

Yuchi Gong looked dark, "Oh, is that right? In this way, I will draw 10,000 troops to Guo Jianjun and Wang Xiaowei. I don't limit whether you attack once or ten times. You can take Lu Longsai down for someone."

Guo Jianjun stopped talking with a blue face, and stood up and didn't feel hurt. It would be natural that he wouldn't be able to get into battle.

"What, Guo Jianjun dare not?"

"I'm just a military supervisor and have no right to command troops."

"Then say you, get out!" Yuchi Gong did not give any face to the military supervisor.

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Lulongsai.

Yuchi Baolin personally led a team of cavalry out of the customs inspection. Her father Yuchi Gong had indeed led his army to evacuate, and the empty camp was in a hurry.

Return to the pass.

“It has indeed retreated.”

Qin Qiong and Zhang Tieqiong couldn't help but sigh, and they survived the disaster.

"Master General, although my father withdrew, the Xi army and the Khitans also went south, but the Marin and Shiwei people in the north are still there, and there are still a lot of them."

Qin Qiong laughed, "Your father is fine. As for the Marine Cavalry and the Shiwei Cavalry, they may not be willing to attack our fortress. But we are not able to go back and deal with them now and let them occupy our territory in vain, these barbarians!"
Chapter completed!