Zhao Yu's Yi Chao headed towards the inner palace city amid heavy guards.
Quan Yongjian turned around and took a look, left Prince Zhong's Mansion and returned to Quan Mansion.
He passed through the vestibule and saw a middle-aged maid standing there waiting, so he nodded to her.
This maid's name is "Lian Niang", she was sent by Quan Jiu's recent attendant... Jia Sidao.
"Let's talk in the hall."
"Yes, you don't have to be so polite to your slaves." Lianniang said, "My slaves are here to guard the door."
"Haha." Quan Yongjian entered the hall and said: "Prince Zhong promised to blame Ye Mengding and others for the matter. It turns out he is not stupid... Oh, it turns out he is very smart."
"Brother, this is considered smart." Quanjiu lowered her head to embroider and said softly: "Then brother is really..."
She didn't say the last half of the sentence.
Quan Yongjian thought for a while and knew that he was scolding him again. With a straight face, he scolded: "After father left, you have become less and less educated like a lady."
"Prince Zhong admitted that he was deceived by Li Xia?"
"No, he never mentioned Li Xia from beginning to end..."
Standing by the door, Lien Niang scanned the courtyard while listening to the whispers of the two brothers and sisters in the hall. When Quan Yongjian finished telling the story from beginning to end, she turned around and said a blessing.
"Sister Ninth, are you going to go out and buy some white cloth?"
Quan Jiu nodded and ordered: "Let Menzi drive you there."
"Thank you Sister Jiu for your understanding, slave."
After the master and his maid replied solemnly and gently, Lianniang went out, got on the donkey cart, and bought some cloth.
Soon, the cloth shop owner sent the news to Liao Yingzhong.
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"Your Highness Prince Zhong is still smart."
"Let's see who you compare with." Jia Sidao said lightly: "Compared with Quan Yongjian, he is really smart."
"Are you just afraid that Your Highness still believes in Li Xia?"
Jia Sidao pointed at Liao Yingzhong impatiently and emphasized again: "Don't be blinded by the fog, see clearly what the official family wants. The official family wants blood inheritance, so no one should mention His Highness's life experience, don't mention it, don't give it to the official family.
The family is troubled. As long as everything is put on Ye Mengding's head, it is Ye Mengding and Li Xia who conspired, and it has nothing to do with His Highness, that's enough."
Liao Yingzhong said: "But His Highness seems to think he is Li Yong's..."
"He doesn't care, do you understand? I don't care either. That's just a lie by Li Xia. As for Li Xia, once Ye Mengding dies, everything will be fine. Why is it that a smart person like you is still thinking about the truth that even His Highness understands?"
When Jia Sidao said this, he waved his hands.
"Throw away the branches and look at the roots, see what the officials want, see what His Highness wants, see what we want."
Liao Yingzhong closed her eyes and shook her head, as if to shake off the fog of the situation.
Make the complex simple.
"The official's thoughts..."
"Yes, that's the key."
"The officials did not find out before that it was Li Xia who killed Prince Rong. They always thought it was the four princesses who did it, so they continued to use Li Xia."
"It's not that no one is available. Li Zengbo, the Lu brothers, Gao Gao, Li Tingyu, etc., there are too many people available, but one move can affect the whole body, and the officials are not willing to waste this effort."
"It's different now. It proves that King Rong was killed by Li Xia. The officials must kill Li Xia. If they don't want to put in the effort to replace Shu Commander, they will have to put in the effort."
Jia Sidao smiled, he knew best who the most important person in Zhao Yun's heart was.
Princess Rui, Mrs. Cixian, Prince Rong, Prince Zhong, and the Quan clan, and then the imperial family of the Song Dynasty.
After that, there were people like Jia Sidao, who were relatives of the country.
These are all relatives of Zhao Yun.
Who is Li Xia? Foreign minister.
"Foreign ministers who dare to kill the emperor's relatives must die."
Liao Yingzhong said slowly: "But because of concerns about Mrs. Cixian, the situation and the dignity of the society, the officials will never expose the matter openly, and will only kill Li Xia secretly."
"This matter must be kept secret. What was the cause of Li Xia's death? He contracted an illness on the way back and died."
"Alang succeeded in killing three birds with one stone. He not only eliminated Li Xia, but also eliminated Ye Mengding. He could also win the trust of King Zhong."
When Liao Yingzhong said this, she remembered something again.
"By the way, Dong Daguan sent back the news that Ji Xiuyi has taken Tang An'an into the palace."
"Dare to betray me? Let this little girl who has no faith in her word learn a lesson."
This is just a trivial matter. Jia Sidao thought about it carefully again. His only worry was that Li Xia would jump over the wall in a hurry, just like assassinating Zhao Yurui...
"Go ahead and arrange it. Before Li Xia dies, we will strengthen the security of the whole city and the whole city so that no one knows where I have gone."
As Jia Sidao spoke, he personally took off his purple official robe and put on a pair of civilian clothes.
"Oh, how dare you? Burn together like a jade or a stone? Burn, let me see..."
~~
Wu Shan, Li Mansion.
Gu Yi strode across the courtyard, turned around and looked around, frowning deeply.
After a while, He Zhongjing led the people and walked over quickly.
"Oh no."
"I know, let's talk here." Gu Yi took a few steps and whispered: "Li Xia got wind of it and ran away."
"Have you really given up your official position?"
"Don't give up the official position? If he leaves one step too late, we will need his life... I haven't encountered such a vigilant rabbit in many years."
He Zhongjing couldn't believe it. He glanced around again and whispered: "All the guards he brought from Sichuan and Sichuan are also missing. This must be a rebellious intention from the beginning, otherwise it would be impossible to do it."
"Yes, I am only twenty years old after the New Year, but I have such ulterior motives, who would have thought."
"Damn it, he wants to surrender to Mongolia and block the city gate, right?"
"Your Majesty has repeatedly warned you not to make any noise." Gu Yi muttered: "In this case, you go and report to Your Majesty first. The people Li Xia brought to the court are all his confidants. This person has betrayed his heart. Please ask for the order to pursue him for the serious crime of treason."
"Are you crazy? How big do you want to make things happen?"
"Otherwise? He brought three hundred people back to the court. Maybe he is on the big ships in Shibosi preparing to defect at this moment."
He Zhongjing lowered his voice and said, "What if he doesn't think so and is forced to rebel by us? We can't afford it."
Gu Yidao: "Report the truth and let your Majesty consider it... at least strengthen the defense of the palace."
"Okay, where are you going?"
Gu Yi's face was heavy and he said: "I'll go to Shibosi to check his boat..."
~~
"Li Jieshuai?"
An hour later, at the tide-waiting gate, the general guarding the city raised his hand and pointed at the Qiantang River and said: "Just now, Li Jieshuai's boat has left the city gate and went down the Qiantang River."
"What?"
Gu Yi first went to Shibosi and wasted a little time, so he couldn't help but frown again.
"you sure?"
"How can you be so uncertain about three ships of such size? By the way, everyone knows, please read this. This is the document for leaving the city. Li Jieshuai was ordered to return to Sichuan and Sichuan... Yes, the document is complete."
Gu Yi strode towards the city wall, squinted his eyes and looked east, only to see an endless stream of boats on the Qiantang River.
The sunset is like blood.
In the distance, flags flying on three large ships gradually disappeared from the screen.
Looking towards the tide-watching platform on the north shore, I can still see a woman waving a handkerchief and crying "Li Jieshuai".
Everything seemed so peaceful.
Li Xia escaped.
Before the Imperial City Secretary was ordered to capture and kill him, he actually escaped from Lin'an like this.
Gu Yi didn't know what to do, His Majesty's new decree had not yet arrived.
He could only speculate on what Li Xia would do next.
Return to Sichuan?
It's impossible. After taking the Qiantang River waterway and flowing into the sea, we can only enter the Yangtze River from Huating and go up the Yangtze River.
By then, the imperial court will have sent heavy troops to blockade the Yangtze River, and will also send generals to Shu to calm the situation.
If Li Xia dares to return to Shu, he will definitely die.
The only way out is to surrender to Mongolia...
Gu Yi closed his eyes, knowing that once this matter spread, the government and the public would be in a state of uproar.
Your Majesty is going to be furious again. It could have been solved by assassinating Li Xia, but now it has reached this point.
He thought for a long time, and when he opened his eyes again, he found that the setting sun in the west had completely sunk into the mountains, the sky was dark, and it was night...
There were footsteps behind me.
He Zhongjing rushed over carrying a lantern.
Gu Yi glanced at it and saw it was a lantern from the palace city.
"I have met Your Majesty."
"I made a hasty report, Your Majesty is still thinking about it. Where is Li Xiaren?"
"Let's go." Gu Yi pointed at the Qiantang River under the moonlight.
"Really gone?"
Gu Yi opened his mouth, but hesitated for a moment and murmured: "Are you really leaving?"
~~
Phoenix Mountain, northwest of the palace city, is the teaching ground.
Rows of torches lit up.
"Move quickly! We will guard the palace today, and you will all be lined up for me..."
On the road in the distance, Yang Zhen listened to the shouts, chewed the donkey meat in his mouth, and cursed secretly.
He had originally planned to go to a brothel to drink, but the general wanted to call him back, an honorable officer with no actual duties, which made people upset for no reason.
"Hush!"
The carriage suddenly stopped.
Yang Zhen turned around to look and cursed: "We haven't arrived yet, can you ask me to walk over?"
"Rokuro, someone is blocking the way."
"Can there be any traffic jam here?"
Yang Zhen lifted the curtain and took a look, wondering: "Hey, why are you here?"
"I feel bad that I didn't agree to Dingfan's visit to Gongde Temple, so I came here to make amends."
"Haha, I didn't go to Gongde Temple, I didn't go." Yang Zhen hurriedly raised his hand and said, "How can I, Yang Dingfan, be so petty? Come, play pot with me tonight..."