In the study, Li Ye was playing with the Mandate Treasure, which was the imperial seal of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. It was second only to the Legendary Treasure and had a higher status than the other six treasures.
If a new dynasty is to be established, then the sacred treasure passed down to the country is much more important than the ordained treasure, which is the jade seal passed down from the First Emperor of Qin, carved with He's jade.
But if he were to inherit the throne of the Tang Dynasty, the Mandate Treasure would be more important than the sacred treasure passed down from the country. Li Heng originally wanted to get the Mandate Treasure in Sizhuyuan, but was tricked by Chen Xuanli and only got an Emperor's Treasure.
Gao Lishi was very good. He not only asked his son Feng Quanxue to donate half of his wealth to Helong Jiedu Mansion, but also got himself a mandated treasure and an edict from the Supreme Emperor.
That edict was very important to Li Ye. Although everyone thought that Li Ye was a member of the clan and had the right to inherit the throne, that was just everyone's subconscious. In fact, Li Ye was not qualified. He was not a direct descendant of any emperor. Legally speaking, Li Ye was not a direct descendant of any emperor.
, it is not his turn to take the throne.
But now that the Supreme Emperor has decreed that he is officially recognized as having the right to inherit the throne, then he, like all the Supreme Emperor's children and grandchildren, has a real right to inherit the throne.
At this time, the maid reported outside the study, "Your Highness, the internal guard Li Dutong needs to see you for something!"
"Ask her to wait in my study outside. I'll be right back."
Li Ye opened the bookshelf, and a pig iron secret door appeared on the wall. Li Ye opened the secret door with two keys, and put the box containing the ordained treasure inside. There were also two volumes of the Supreme Emperor's decree, one of which recognized himself as the emperor.
The heir, Yijuan was given to him when he was in Xiangyang, and the land west of Congling was canonized to him.
Li Ye locked the secret door, pulled the bookshelf back to its original position, and then went to the outer study room.
Not long after, Li Ye arrived at the outer study room. Li Chenghua, who was waiting outside, quickly stood up and saluted, "See you, Your Highness!"
Li Ye nodded, "Go in and talk!"
He walked into the study, sat down and asked, "What's the matter?"
Before Li Chenghua came to report, he received another message from Han Sen. These five people are all masters. They are preparing and will take action tonight.
Li Chenggong bowed and said: "Reporting to Your Highness, we found five suspicious people in Nan'an Inn. They should be assassins, but I can't be sure whether their target is Your Highness or Baiyun Temple, so I came to ask for instructions whether to arrest them now."
Catch them?"
"Are you sure there are only five of them?" Li Ye pondered for a moment and asked.
"Currently, there are only five of them, but I can't be sure of their low-level positions. Do they have anyone to take care of them?"
Li Ye walked a few steps with his hands behind his back: "Nan'an Inn is in Xicheng, right?"
"Exactly, we're close to the city gate!"
"Don't you think it's a little strange?"
Li Ye said calmly: "Whether their target is me or Baiyun Temple, they should stay at an inn in Beicheng. Don't Li Dutong find it strange that they actually chose Xicheng Inn?"
Li Chenghua reacted immediately, "Your Highness, you mean that Nan'an Inn is their intelligence point?"
"What do you think?"
Li Chenghua said: "It is very possible that they did not come in one day, but came in two batches yesterday and today. They must have decided to stay at Nan'an Inn during the planning, and Nan'an Inn is not a famous inn, but just an unknown one.
It is impossible for them to stay at a mid-range inn because of its reputation, so the intelligence point is the most likely."
"Let them take action tonight! Keep an eye on them. I will make preparations here. There is Aunt Gongsun in Baiyun Temple. You have to make arrangements and take down the Nan'an Inn in one fell swoop tonight."
"I'll go back and deploy now!"
At night, Li Ye asked his family to temporarily move into the White Building. The White Building was their temporary home defense base. It was a five-story tower made of large bluestones. It was covered with wooden structures inside and outside, with cornices and brackets. From the outside, it looked like a white building.
It looks like a wooden building with many vents but no windows.
The building is brightly lit and comfortably decorated, with a lobby on the first floor, a living room and a dining room on the second floor, their respective bedrooms and rooms for wet nurses and maids, a study room on the fourth floor, and a room for female guards on the fifth floor.
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"Husband, is there an assassin?" Dugu Xinyue asked worriedly.
Li Ye held his two daughters in his arms and smiled slightly: "There are assassins, but they are not necessarily targeting us. I'd better be cautious and let everyone live in the white building tonight."
"Who sent the assassin?" Dugu Xinyue asked again.
"It's not clear yet. I guess he was sent by Li Lin."
Li Ye quickly glanced at Yang Yuhuan, and Yang Yuhuan's face suddenly turned red. She understood what her husband meant when he said, "It's not necessarily aimed at us." That meant it was aimed at her.
Yang Yuhuan also knew very well that all these princes were staring at him, and Li Lin was no exception.
"Okay! Let's drink some tea first and wait patiently. If not, we'll stay here tonight."
Everyone sat down, drank tea, and waited patiently for the results.
Five black figures appeared outside Baiyun Temple. Their target was none other than the real person Yuzhu, Yang Yuhuan. They were naturally sent by Li Lin to kidnap Yang Yuhuan back to Chengdu. Li Lin specially sent five masters.
In addition to the five of them, Li Lin also assists them at the intelligence point in Longyou, which is the Nan'an Inn. They first kidnap the person to the Nan'an Inn, then use anesthesia to stun the person, and then smuggle him out of the city early tomorrow morning, and then spend the day and night
At the same time, he used a carriage to send people to Bashu.
The plan is very careful, but the key is the first step, they have to get the person.
According to the general procedure, they should first conduct an investigation today, and then start abducting people tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. However, the risk of taking this two-step approach is too high, so they decided to take action tonight. If the target is found, they will directly abduct the person. If the target is not found, then
Just think of it as exploration.
The five people jumped over the east wall and ran directly to the backyard. Their intelligence point had obtained a map in advance. There was a very quiet and elegant small courtyard at the far north, where Master Yuzhu was practicing.
Soon, the five people rushed to the small courtyard. At this moment, a cold light flashed in the air, and a man in black screamed. He was shot through the body by a flying sword and nailed to the ground.
Immediately afterwards, another cold light flashed, and a man in black was unable to dodge and was beheaded by a flying sword.
The other three men in black were horrified. They leaned on each other's backs and looked around for signs of the enemy. However, they saw a middle-aged Taoist nun jumping down from the tree, holding a gleaming sword and staring at them coldly.
Three people.
"Let's go and kill her together!"
The three men in black drew their horizontal knives and rushed towards Aunt Gongsun.
Aunt Gongsun looked like a ghost. She ducked out of the way and an assassin appeared behind her. With a backhand sword, she pierced the opponent's vest.
Another person shouted sharply and shot two flying knives at Gongsun Auntie. Aunt Gongsun's figure suddenly disappeared and the flying knives were nailed to the tree trunk. The warrior was shocked and used horizontal knives to protect her left and right.
Aunt Gongsun appeared behind him, and with a wave of her sword, the warrior in black immediately fell to the ground.
After a very short period of time, four of the five black warriors were killed.
The last person was so frightened that he ran away. The sword flew out from Gongsun's hand and 'poof!' went straight through the back of the big man in black and nailed him to the ground.
This is the power of Aunt Gongsun. As long as the assassin dares to enter her warning range, she will kill them all without leaving any trace.
At this time, Nan'an Inn was also surrounded by thousands of internal guards.
The soldiers rushed in and used crossbows to kill more than a dozen supporting warriors who resisted. The remaining shopkeepers, clerks and several other warriors were so frightened that they knelt down and surrendered, and were escorted out by the soldiers.
The soldiers found a large amount of money and weapons in the inn, as well as various information about Helong.
This extremely well-hidden intelligence stronghold was discovered by the internal guards by accident and was destroyed in one fell swoop.
The next morning, coachman Liu Tong was invited to the inner guard and received a heavy reward of five hundred guan.
(End of chapter)
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