While Young Master Liu was looking through the note, Song Qing, Han Peng and the others finally followed him on horseback.
Looking at the marshal stationed on the street, everyone was puzzled. Wasn't the marshal going to the Governor's Mansion for a banquet? Why was he parked on the street motionless?
After all, Song Qing's sharp eyes caught sight of the crossbow arrow that Young Master Liu took off the note and threw on the ground.
Song Qing jumped off his mount, pulled out the scabbard of the saber in his hand and guarded him in front of Young Master Liliu.
"There's an assassin!"
Han Peng and others were slightly startled. They hurriedly mounted their horses and led a group of personal guards to surround Young Master Liu. They looked at the houses around the street with sharp eyes.
The people passing by around him were frightened and fled in all directions, not knowing what was going on.
Liu Mingzhi silently stuffed the letter in his hand into his sleeve and waved gently to Song Qing and others.
"Don't disturb me, the assassin has escaped!"
Song Qing turned around hurriedly: "Commander, do you want the general to order the city gates to be sealed and the entire city to search for assassins?"
"No need, let's go to the Governor's Mansion for the banquet first!"
"Why should a little assassin disturb the people and cause uproar in the city? Just run away if you can. Besides, the person who came is not a real assassin!"
"Go to the banquet first!"
"Got the order!"
Young Master Liu took the lead and rushed towards the Governor's Mansion. Song Qing bent down and picked up the crossbow arrows on the ground and handed them to Han Peng who was riding a horse.
"Have your own soldiers investigate the origin of this crossbow. The commander-in-chief doesn't care about it. We can't be careless. If something happens to the commander-in-chief, the 152 governors in the North will be in chaos!
"
Han Peng nodded solemnly, wrapped the arrow shaft in a handkerchief and waved to dozens of guards.
"Brothers, follow me, General!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at the streets on both sides with a complex expression. The iron-clad Yingzhou City was defended by nearly a hundred thousand troops, but the admiral's secret agent under the Queen's command unexpectedly delivered the Queen's letter to him as if he was in an uninhabited land.
Not long after he arrived in Yingzhou, the Queen had already received the news and passed it on to the spies hidden in the city.
Either the guards at Yingzhou City were too incompetent, or the spies under his command were too powerful.
If the admiral's spy under Wanyan's command is too powerful, then what about the spy who has always been regarded as a close confidant by the Queen?
Liu Mingzhi came back to his senses and took a breath of air.
After thinking about it carefully, in the past ten years, so many things have happened, but I have never truly seen the methods of spy agents.
Whether it was the old man Liu Ye or the relevant departments, the information he received from the relevant departments was only a few descriptions.
Thinking back to what I told myself madly back then.
Spies are all-pervasive.
Liu Mingzhi frowned slightly and his pupils condensed.
In his mind, he recalled all the information about the rebellion in the capital, and then recalled everything that the little cutie told him.
Mu Ran, Liu Mingzhi opened his eyes wide and murmured.
"Could it be that the reason why the late emperor was defeated in the rebellion was not because the situation was over and he had no choice but to commit suicide, but because he met Li Yunlong, a man who gambled with the lives of all the people in the capital."
"In this case, combined with the intelligence and Yue'er, could it be that this young master and his daughter are all in the trap arranged by the late emperor..."
Liu Mingzhi shook his head hastily: "Impossible, impossible!"
"The rebellion by Li Yunlong and others happened unexpectedly. How could I, who was thousands of miles away in Yingzhou, get involved? Unless..."
"Yue'er!"
"Everything is related to Yue'er!"
If so, based on his understanding of Li Baiyu, he would not be able to lay out such a perfect overall situation, unless it was his father...
Impossible, impossible.
Liu Mingzhi hurriedly raised his hand and rubbed his forehead.
It's just that I'm overthinking everything. I'm just imagining everything.
Liu Mingzhi's thoughts returned to what Li Zhengyi had said to Li Baiyu on the eve of Li Zheng's grand tour.
"As long as you don't commit the crime of treason and usurping the throne, you can be spared death."
Facts have proved that Li Baiyu has been tolerating all kinds of wanton behavior since he ascended the throne.
How could I have such unreliable guesses?
"Dad, my uncle asked me to tell you that green mountains, pines and cypresses will never let you down, and he did it!"
"Commander!"
"Commander!"
"Ah? What's wrong?"
Young Master Liu came back to his senses and looked at Song Qing in surprise. Jiang Lei looked at his worried face, a little stunned and didn't know what happened.
"Commander, are you really okay? You've been muttering in front of the Governor's Palace for a quarter of an hour."
"Has it been so long?"
"Yes, that's why the general is wondering what happened to you? Why do you seem to be a different person after entering the city!"
Liu Mingzhi shook his head, got off his horse, and walked towards the Governor's Mansion.
"It's nothing. I remembered some things that I had neglected. Maybe I thought too much."
"Forget it, let's not talk about these random thoughts. Let's go see Brother Qin and Uncle first."
"good!"
"May I ask, Your Highness, King Bingjian?"
Liu Dashao and others had just entered the door when an old man in his fifties or sixties came up to them with a smile.
"It's Liu Mingzhi. May I ask the elder, is Governor Qin here?"
"Your Majesty, please come this way. Your Majesty the Governor and the Marquis are waiting in the main hall to greet Your Majesty and several generals. I will lead the way for you!"
"Good work!"
"please!"
Under the leadership of steward Qin Bin, Liu and the others walked through the door and corridor to the main hall of the Governor's Mansion during the tea break.
Qin Bin and Zhang Kuang, who were chatting, saw Young Master Liu's figure and hurriedly greeted him.
"Brother Liu, please come inside and skip the banquet. It would be disrespectful."
"Please!"
"Uncle please!"
Song Qing looked at Zhang Kuang respectfully: "Well, uncle!"
"Good boy, I knew you must be there, hurry up and sit inside!"
Everyone sat down and started chatting while drinking warm wine.
After three rounds of drinking, several people's expressions remained as usual. They were all important figures in Yingzhou. They all controlled their drinking and did not dare to drink more, as long as they mainly talked.
"Uncle, Brother Qin, how is the situation in the Jin Kingdom and the Turks now? Now that spring is blooming, do the two countries have any intention to use troops?"
Zhang Kuang put down the tea cup in his hand, nodded slightly, and waved to the guard behind him. The guard hurriedly took out a silk map from his arms and handed it to Zhang Kuang.
Qin Bin hurriedly asked his servants to remove some spare plates to make room for Zhang Kuang.
Zhang Kuang rolled up the map on the desk. There were densely drawn lines on the map. If these people weren't well versed in the art of war, they would probably be dizzy.
Even so, Qin Bin, the governor of Yingzhou who had never led any troops, had little understanding of the lines on the map, and many places were a complete mess.
Zhang Kuang took out a chopstick and waved it on the map.
"According to a letter from a spy in the Kingdom of Jin, the Queen of Jin has ordered the soldiers and horses of the Kingdom of Jin to use something called a fire dragon chariot to secretly transport the soldiers, horses, grain and grass to Songzhou and Daizhou to gather."
"I have discussed with Duke Jingguo. The use of troops is a matter of time. I am afraid that in less than two months, or even less than a month, the army of the Jin Kingdom may come to the city again!"
"Now that our troops cannot be replenished in time, our defense of the city will be very passive this time!"
"How's the Turkic side?"
"Three hundred thousand Turkic cavalry have secretly gathered towards Shibibu. Judging from the situation, we must concentrate our forces to attack Yunzhou and Jeju."
"As for whether this is the case, we still don't know yet. This girl, the Turkic Khan, is very good at using soldiers. Maybe he is just trying to confuse us by gathering troops and troops."
"But no matter what, you must be on guard!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at the map and looked at the clear lines. Countless offensive lines emerged in Liu Dashao's mind.
"Is there any reliable news on how the two countries plan to use their troops during this national war?"
"Fight separately, or should we share the same hatred as before and attack my dragon first?"