royal robes

Chapter 48 Peerless Jade
"Master Li... Chai Rong is not dead, the bet between you and me?"

"Hahahaha, I'll give this to you. I'm in a very good mood these days. I'll treat this jade token as a gift from you and me. When the widow wins the world, I will be grateful." Li Shouzhen was very happy, and immediately turned her waist Take off the jade tablet in the room and hand it to Zhao Kuangyin.

Zhao Kuangyin took the jade tablet and looked at it carefully, making sure it was genuine.It is smooth and delicate in the hand, and the color and texture are impeccable. The best thing is that there is a little red in the center of the fat jade, which is the highest value of this jade.

"Lord Li, there is one more thing I want to ask first. How many soldiers and horses do you have?"

Li Shouzhen thought for a while: "This old man only has 8000 soldiers and horses at his disposal. There are 3000 volunteers in the Kaifeng barracks, which are usually used to maintain public order in the city. In addition to the old man's 5000 personal soldiers, there are still [-] miles outside the city." A barracks, where there are [-] reserve troops for emergencies. Finally, there are [-] guards in the palace, all of whom belong to the old man."

"It turns out that there are almost [-] troops. If you want to force the palace with [-] troops, no one will be able to stop you even if you want to massacre the city... In fact, you only need [-] guards to force the palace, and the other troops should not move for the time being." , so as not to overwhelm the snake."

"Of course, but everything must be careful, I don't want to capsize in the gutter." Li Shouzhen touched his beard: "I don't know what it's like to sit on Liu Chengyou's dragon chair..."

Zhao Kuangyin probably knew the distribution of Li Shouzhen's troops, at least he knew who he was.But now it is better to ensure the safety of Guo Tong's life first.

"Lord Li, can you let me meet Guo Tong, how is he doing now?"

"Of course, come with me." Li Shouzhen led Zhao Kuangyin to a rockery in his back garden. There was a mechanism in the rockery, and a passage below it, going deep into the ground.This place is like a big prison, where many people are imprisoned, and a lot of gold, silver, treasures, weapons and armor are hoarded.

Li Shouzhen brought Zhao Kuangyin to the deepest room, where Guo Tong was locked up. Judging from the small door at the door, Guo Tong was very calm, looking around, but it was absolutely impossible for a child to escape from here.

After the two returned to the study, Zhao Kuangyin looked at the sky. It was getting late and he should go back.

"It's time for Mr. Li to say goodbye, but I have to ask you one thing. I can't just go out like this, at least I have to go out with my name. If some old houses are destroyed... Mr. Li won't mind."

Li Shouzhen said excitedly: "Please go ahead, my nephew and Master Zong Xin brought me the whole world, even if you destroy the whole house, I won't feel sad."

"Then I'll offend you." Zhao Kuangyin pulled out his spear and waved it around. Although he didn't hurt anyone, the whole house was destroyed.

"Okay, well, well done, I am worried that these houses are too old and I am going to renovate them, but it is not necessary, anyway, I will move to the palace soon... Hahahaha."

The moment Li Shouzhen kidnapped Guo Tong, she was already on her last legs and had no way out, so it didn't matter how the house was. If she couldn't move into the palace, she had no choice but to move into the underworld.Fortunately, with the help of Master Zong Xin, otherwise it would not be so easy.

I used to cover the sky with one hand in Bianjing, and the only threat was Guo Wei's soldiers and horses at his disposal at any time and his peerless magic skills.

Master Zong Xin deserved to be an eminent monk, he only needed one simple method to limit Guo Wei's two advantages, and now he could do whatever he wanted, even if he rushed into the palace immediately with his own soldiers, no one dared to stop him.If Liu Chengyou can consciously hand over Guo Wei's troops to himself, he can imitate Cao Mengde back then to hold the world to order the princes.

Doing this would allow Liu Chengyou to live a few more years. Anyway, as long as he has the military power in his hands and holds Liu Chengyou's life tightly, he believes that the world is his own.

"Miaoji ~ Miaoji ~ here comes someone, please drive back to the palace."

Li Shouzhen regarded himself as a widow, and he believed that the day when he would proclaim the title of emperor and king was not far away, but this kind of words could only be said at home, and could not be spread out for the time being.

But soon, this word can be spread soon, and soon the whole world can know that Li Shouzhen is the next emperor.

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Zong Xin brought Zhao Ziyan to the gate of the palace, and an internal official waited for a long time at the palace gate, and directly brought Zong Xin and Zhao Ziyan to the imperial study.

The god arrester first told Liu Chengyou about Zongxin's origin to reassure him, and then told Liu Chengyou about Guo Tong's arrest and Zongxin's upcoming arrival at the palace, so the internal officials waited in front of the palace gate.

It can be said that Liu Chengyou waited for a long time before coming to the imperial study room, his face was as heavy as earth.Because what he was most worried about happened, Li Shouzhen broke the balance, and the country was in jeopardy...

"Amitabha ~ See Your Majesty!"

"Excuse me, master, this is...?"

Zong Xin said with a smile: "This is the second lady of the Zhao family. The poor monk dragged her to do some things and came to the palace to see her."

"See Your Majesty."

"Excuse me, please hurry up." At this time, Liu Chengyou was more polite than anyone else, and he couldn't let go of any influence.Now that Li Shouzhen has broken the balance, the next thing he has to do is naturally to seize military power.

A group of people immediately walked to the study room, only to find out that the god catcher had been drinking tea in the study room, with a very calm expression on his face.

"Master God is here, that's really great." Zong said: "Now Guo Wei's second son, Guo Tong, is captured by Li Shouzhen, and he wrote a letter to force Mr. Guo not to leave the Guo residence for one month. I'm afraid..."

"The arrester is well-informed, and I already know about this. Li Shouzhen is ambitious, and I believe he will ask me for military power in a short time. I don't know what advice the master has?" Liu Chengyou knew that the situation was complicated. Apart from dozens of confidants, the whole Everyone in Kaifeng belonged to Li Shouzhen, and even the imperial palace guards were also Li Shouzhen's people.

"The military power must not be given to Li Shouzhen, otherwise the whole world will be in Li Shouzhen's pocket." Zong Dao said: "As long as His Majesty clings to the military power, Li Shouzhen can only force the palace. The day Li Shouzhen sends troops is when he loses power. This matter Wrapping it on the poor monk will definitely get rid of this treacherous minister for His Majesty."

"Then there will be Master Lao."

Zong Xin cupped his hands and said, "My lord, do you know how strong Li Shouzhen's army is?"

"Of course, there are 3000 years of personal soldiers, 3000 imperial palace guards, 8000 Yicheng troops, and 5000 reserve troops outside the city. This is Li Shouzhen's total strength in Kaifeng." The god catcher said: "Actually, Li Shouzhen's troops are far away. Not only that, there are 20 troops in the river, but it is difficult to put out fires near the water, I believe Li Shouzhen can only mobilize these troops."

"That's enough... All the troops in Kaifeng are in his hands. The poor monk will find a way, so don't worry about it." Zong Xin said with a smile: "The time is urgent and the poor monk will leave now. I just ask your majesty to hold on to the military power." , otherwise you will lose your way.”

Liu Chengyou immediately nodded and said: "Master, please rest assured, even if Li Shouzhen cuts off one of the widow's arms, he will never hand over the military power to him."

"Farewell."

"Master walk slowly."

Zong Xin took Zhao Ziyan out of the palace, and Zhao Ziyan looked at the little monk with admiration.Although he is not very young, he is able to manipulate the world in his hands, even Emperor Yin Liu Chengyou respects him very much.No one knew that his father turned out to be Lei Hong, so it can be said that black and white eat everything.

Lei Tianxiao was upset in his heart, the younger brother is too despicable.The god is also you, and the ghost is also you. It seems to be strategizing, but in fact it is secretly arranging the overall situation. Of course, it can be one step faster.

Lei Tianxiao inherited Lei Hong's talent in martial arts, but he didn't learn half of Lei Hong's despicable insidiousness.But this little brother has carried it forward, not only is he talented in martial arts, but also despicable and shameless, even better than his father.The most depressing little brother actually appeared in front of the world as an eminent monk.Unlike his father, Lei Hong, he just wants to let everyone know that he is the most vicious person in the world, so that people dare not provoke him.

In contrast, the younger brother's approach is more clever, but also more despicable.

With Lei Tianxiao's character, even his little brother would never allow him to cause trouble in the world.But this time the little brother did a good thing. Although the method was despicable and shameless, the ultimate goal was to assassinate Li Shouzhen, a treacherous official.

"Brother Tianxiao, can Master Zong Xin really help me survive this disaster? Why don't you ask your father..." Liu Chengyou knew the identity of the god arrester, and the two had a very close relationship.Because Liu Chengyou saved Lei Tianxiao's life in an accident, Lei Tianxiao, as Liu Chengyou's confidant, stayed by his side all the time.

The god catcher said: "Your Majesty, my father is Li Shouzhen's sworn elder brother. Is it useful for you to ask me to beg him? I hope my father will not do anything, otherwise it will be useless for Guo Wei to leave the mansion. Master Zong Xin is an eminent monk. Now the whole No one in Kaifeng can fight against Li Shouzhen, we can only pray to Master Zongxin to strategize and win more with less."

"Victory with less? Li Shouzhen has [-] troops, how can he win with only one monk?" Liu Chengyou wanted to believe it, but he couldn't believe it.After all, the difference in strength between the two sides is too great, not to mention Li Shouzhen's martial arts is very high, Master Zong Xin may not be his opponent.

"It's unnecessary to worry. Is there any other way for Your Majesty to solve the predicament?" Lei Tian said filially, "Your Majesty has saved my life, so I will do my best to find out where Guo Tong is. You only need to rescue Guo Tong." Mr. Guo is extremely skilled in martial arts, even if there are many masters around Li Shouzhen, he will not escape death."

Lei Tianxiao was only consoling, he knew best in his heart that no matter how high a person's martial arts is, it's useless.Yeluzhen's martial arts were higher than Guo Wei's, but when Yeluzhen assassinated Shi Jingtang, he was still seriously injured and failed.

However, Yeluzhen was able to severely injure the concubine Yaochi among the two armies, and killed nearly a thousand people before being injured and escaped. This is also an unprecedented strongman.

"I'm afraid it won't be that easy to save Guo Tong~" How could Liu Chengyou not know that Li Shouzhen will definitely bring Guo Tong with him, and that is the key to his enthronement and proclaiming himself emperor, so he doesn't feel safe wherever he puts it.With Lei Tianxiao's martial arts, it is even more impossible to rob Guo Tong from Li Shouzhen's hands.

The relationship between Liu Chengyou and Lei Tianxiao is very complicated, outsiders don't know why, only the two of them understand it.

After Zong Xin took Zhao Ziyan out of the palace, he asked in a low voice: "Ziyan, is there any medicine that makes people lose strength after taking it, but it won't be poisoned."

"laxative……"

"A good idea~" Zong Xin pinched Ziyan's face lightly and smiled, "Ghosts are weird, they have my style. Call your brother and tell him to do this..."

Zong Xin told Zhao Ziyan the plan, Ziyan couldn't help but smirk, and the two rushed back to Guo's mansion to get the money.

(End of this chapter)