Book 58 Chapter 10 – Danger Like a Hangover (2/2)
Kou Zhong said, “It was Li kid who presented a memorial to Li Yuan, and he obtained Li Yuan’s nod of approval I am positive Li Yuan did not know about the relationshi+p between Jiancheng and Tongyehu On the second night of Fu Qian’s arrival, Li Yuan even hosted a state banquet to entertain hi about the Western Tujue Why is your countenance so unsightly?”
Xu Ziling expressed the s in his heart, he said, “The way he spreads the rumors, he seems to be a bit afraid that our Central Earth will not be chaotic enough,said, “The ones having friendly relations with Fu Qian are you guys, not Li shi+ether, if Fu Qian destroys our grand plan, potentially he is going to forge an unresolvable enmity with Li shi+ Li shi+ the world, Li shi+ainst the Tuyuhun To him, it will only be harmful without any benefit If I were him, no matter what the previous plan was, thishands to deal with the Eastern and Western Tujue The way Fu Qian attaching most importance to his country is not to be censured too strictly [idiom: understandable], no one can blareed, he said, “When I told him frankly about our current partnershi+p with Li kid, he revealed a deeply moved expression, and praised me as a true friend Don’t worry! In the final analysis, his et rid of Li Kid and ascend to the throne, Tuyuhun will definitely suffer cala felt so the extraordinary period when Xieli’s ar still wants to deal with Qin wang first, si that if necessary, Tongyehu could control the allied armies fro his head, Ba Fenghan said, “Tongyehuto shake the Li Tang’s foundation If Li Tang is unstable, he could launch large-scale invasion into the Central Plains’ western frontier and divide up the Central Plains with Xieli Furthermore, he would use the Central Plains as the battlefield where he pits hi the chaotic situation during the Northern and Southern Dynasties”
Thinking hard, Xu Ziling said, “What agree have with Yun Shuai? Why did Yun Shuai have to coe nu said, “The one who isto his analysis, Li Jiancheng wanted to use Yun Shuai’s hands, with the help of firearyi Palace After the fact, Jiancheng, Yuanji, can push away the blahan slapped the table and said, “Thissaid, “With the firearuard with a surprise attack [idioyi Palace can’t co Palace in terreat chance of success Even if Li shi+’ssaid, “Fortunately, we have arrived in Chang’an first to ’s return to the imperial court, otherill be beaten up silly Ay! How are we going to solve this Yun Shuai’s wonder troops? If we rush to rass to scare the snake”
Ba Fenghan said, “As long as that batch of firearms is destroyed, Yun Shuai’s bunch of ers Problerass to scare the snake”
Kou Zhong said, “Let’s find out the firear said, “There is another difficult probleht about the consequences of assassinating Zhao Deyan?”
Ba Fenghan said, “Xieli’s invasion to the south already beco Zhao Deyan’s death inside Chang’an’s Iive hin”
Kou Zhong nodded and said, “Ling Shao is worried about the dreadful state of the Central Earth being ravaged by Xieli’s army Fortunately, theas we can create some kind of situation to make Xieli not dare to support ht at the fastest speed to attack Chang’an, we could intercept hi’an Others are afraid of hiht”
Ba Fenghan looked out the , “It’s dawn!” he said
The Xuanwu Gate was ate It was located due north of the i froate was divided into three layers, its depth was nearly one hundred zhang East and west inside the gate, one each on the left and right, there was a fort, surrounded by solid periateway, there were three separate sentry iants who never rest inside the earth wall, continuously looking down at the people passing through the gateway
The two forts were the place where the i period of tinificent ar to attack, due to the constraints of the terrain, it would still be the case of having enough power but difficult to put into effect
Outside the Xuanwu Gate was the Xi Nei Yuan [West Inside Garden], which was a forbidden park area, part of the Ishan Ge [East Hill Pavilion] was the Han Guang Dian [Hidden Ray (of light) Palace Hall] where Yuanji resided To get in and out of the Taiji Palace, Li shi+ of the West Palace, or Li Jiancheng, who resided in the East Palace, and Li Yuanji, who resided in the Xi Nei Yuan, often had to go through the Xuanwu Gate
To get into the various gates of the Imperial City and the Palace City, civil and military officials must present their identity documents, and each h an easier procedure at the supervisor office located at the Jin Wei Jun [ieneral headquarters at the Xuanwu Gate
ThisMo personally led Xu and Kou, two h the formalities at the Xuanwu Gate’s East Coe into the daily informal uniform of the Imperial Guards on the spot, a busy process that took nearly one sichen before the tere able to get away
But Cheng Mo told the two, “Wei Gonggong wants to see you, to explain the compass and set square of the i his voice, he said, “Wei Gonggong is a very busy man in the palace, it’s rare that he attaches such ientleht”
And then he took the’s place, the palace supervisor office west of the Taiji Palace Wei Gonggong was still waiting upon Li Yuan and had not returned yet, Cheng Mo had no choice but to acco blankly
Half a sichen later, Wei Gonggong hurriedly returned, he really untiringly explained to thes to pay attention to, the general etiquette, and so on Halfway through, the two boys began to realize that they, two Left and Right Polo Chiefs, not only had to wait upon the emperor, they also had to train the players, and had to acco polo; no wonder Wei Gonggong was so nervous
Finally, Wei Gonggong spoke in displeasure, “Did you not sleep last night? Why are you looking like you don’t have any vitality at thisis not free today, otherwise, hoould this supervisor explain to Huangshang?”
Kou Zhongcan see very accurately, but even if you are full of energy, finished listening to your boring daical insect that makes people doze off] Naturally on the surface he respectfully replied, “Last night Er Daren and Qiao Daren pulled us along for a drink, hence we did not have enough sleep”
Letting out a stifled snort, Wei Gonggong said, “After becouard], you have to restrain your activities Were it not for Huangshan’s showing favor to you, allowing you to temporarily live on the outside, I will definitely have you ht! Co”
The two boys were like receiving arace, they slipped away immediately
On the way back to the hed and said, “If we keep being tossed from side to side like this, on’t even have time to sit in meditation, sooner or later ill not be able to keep up His Niang’s! Listening to the tone of Wei Gonggong‘s voice, it seems like to calmly said, “No need to worry about that, Yuanji is back today, not only Li Yuan is busy, but the imperial concubines are also busy; they are busyball players, without needing ht to knohat to do?”
And then, knitting his brows, he said, “Is there any way to find out where Chunxiang’s fragrant cha said, “That will require a trip to Feng Ya Ge, Qing Jie definitely has a way to find out for us”
Xu Ziling said, “In this kind of matter, Xiao Jie is more suitable to handle than we are When we are back, I want to have a big sleep, to forget anything about other people’s affairs; before dark, I don’t care even if the sky collapses”
Kou Zhong spoke cheerfully, “Exactly what I want”
As soon as they stepped into the Situ Mansion, wang Xuanshu shan and Er Wenhuan are waiting for you in the ranny’s bear! The way they are using this exhausting-people-to-their-death strategy has reached perfection; who else has been here?”
wang Xuanshu replied, “Pei Ji and Hu Fo, father and daughter have co Ye As for the details, you have to ask Furong Ye, he did not have ti left at daybreak by boat”
Kou Zhong instructed wang Xuanshu to take Zha Jie to Feng Ya Ge on an assignment, and then entered the hall to see Qiao and Er, twothem in one-sentence-no-sentence idle talk seized the opportunity to get away
Kou Zhong looked at the east here the words ‘Cao San was here’ ritten, wang Xuanshu has cleaned it up as ordered, he even added paint and new lacquer, so that there was no trace at all Feeling ah, “I wonder if two Daren are coain?”
When Er Wenhuan saw the tearing iuard uniforown on their bodies, plain-colored outer sleeves, and black tall boots on their feet, he hurriedly congratulated thehed and said, “What’s so good to be congratulated,is already very difficult to wait upon Ay! Let’s not talk about this kind of thing, you have not arrested Cao San, that bastard and bring hilances with Qiao Gongshan first, pretending to be astonished, he said, “Why did Cai Daren suddenlyspoke nonchalantly, “Last night, someone left ‘Cao San Ko’ four characters in the ain, o brothers will definitely break his legs Fortunately, it was me who saw it first and i Ye see it, he would definitely curse us”
Qiao Gongshan pretended to be aghast, he said, “Cao San old, this matter is extreoing to sit back and watch”
Without needing to guess, Kou Zhong already knew that he would have said this, and he had already prepared a good answer; he spoke unhurriedly, “Qiao Daren, don’t worry, our Furong Ye’s work has always been dependable Rong Da Da Ya in the city has a big iron storehouse, the safe must be opened with a special key, only then it will turn to activate the lock, e iron bolt that seals the door Otherwise, to break the iron safe open by force will take at least a few days of effort The olden bricks, weighing five hundred catties each Being able to carry one block with bare hands is already extre bandits like Cao San Now the key is kept by us, two brothers Want to take it? They have to ask our blades first”
Helpless, Er Wenhuan said, “Then we can rest assured! How did you transport the gold?”
Xu Ziling replied, “In the past few months, we shi+pped theuard the gold deposit twelve sichen a day, all are trustworthy brothers under our co took the opportunity to say, “But in any case, we have to raise our vigilance, nosuch a trouble, tonight we have to keep watch by Furong Ye’s side, only if the two Daren can catch Cao San a bit earlier e dare to go on a ro that, Er Wenhuan and Qiao Gongshan looked at each other, they were unable to do anything to them Could it be that they need to tell the two that it was they who sent people to leave Cao San’s writing on the wall?