Li Zhaoliang's carriage slowly arrived at Wangyou Pavilion. At this time, the sun was setting in the west, cicadas were chirping in the forest, insects were chirping in the bushes, and frogs were croaking in the pond.
Liao Houqi set down a plate of fruits and pastries, and served a pot of wine and a cup.
After setting up the things, Liao Houqi brought the incense burner and lit it.
There are many mosquitoes near the water in summer, so you must use an incense burner to repel mosquitoes.
"Just wait outside."
Li Zhaoliang gave an order, and Liao Houqi immediately asked the guards to maintain security outside.
Li Zhaoliang ate fruits and slowly waited for time to pass.
The sun disappeared, the bright moon rose in the east, the silvery moonlight fell on the pond, and the frogs croaked extremely loudly.
In the woods, a man came out and paid homage to Li Zhaoliang: "I would like to pay my respects to the prince."
Before the third watch, Huairen arrived first.
Huairen, like Li Zhaoliang, was very anxious, so he arrived early.
"Master Huai, please sit down."
Huairen sat down, looked around and asked, "Has Yufu Kingdom not arrived yet?"
Li Zhaoliang said: "The agreed time is the third update, which is still early."
"Master Huai, don't worry, just wait for a while."
Huairen nodded slightly and waited patiently in the Wangyou Pavilion.
Outside the Wangyou Pavilion.
Sha Wuliang, the headman of the garrison mansion, approached quietly with a dozen people, and the guards of the palace were patrolling back and forth.
After Sha Wuliang observed carefully, he whispered: "You guys watch from the outside, I'll go in and check the situation."
His subordinates were a little worried and said: "Sha Baotou, there are so many of them. If they are discovered, it is no joke."
Sha Wuliang said: "You don't need to tell me, just stay outside and watch."
After saying that, Sha Buliang slowly seeped inside.
In the Wangyou Pavilion, Li Zhaoliang only had one wine glass, and Huairen could only eat some fruit cakes to pass the time.
After a while, two shadows came out of the woods and arrived outside the pavilion.
By the moonlight, Li Zhaoliang recognized Yu Fuguo.
"Uncle Fish."
Li Zhaoliang stood up happily, and Huairen followed suit.
"This servant pays homage to the prince. Master Huai has not seen you for a long time."
Yu Fuguo met Li Zhaoliang and bowed to Huairen.
Seeing Yu Fuguo, Huairen had a strange feeling in his heart.
"Mr. Fish...are you really...not surrendering to the enemy?"
Huairen still expressed his inner doubts.
Yu Fuguo said awkwardly: "The prince must have said this before. Our family is also on an errand under orders and has to bear the reputation of a traitor."
"If this is not the case, how can our family escape from the control of the ghosts? How can we bring back the emperor's secret edict?"
"Daliang's 400-year-old foundation cannot be destroyed in our hands."
Yu Fuguo spoke sincerely, and Huairen was filled with grief and indignation.
"Young Master Yu is willing to take on such a bad reputation. I admire him. Please accept me and pay my respects."
Huairen is a passionate man, and Yu Fuguo's words made his blood boil.
It's really admirable that an eunuch who is not considered a class by the world can actually achieve such an extent for Daliang.
Yu Fuguo immediately paid his respects and said, "Sir Huai, our family is just a eunuch. If we don't dare to be a eunuch, we still have to rely on Mr. Huai for the development of the country and the country."
Li Zhaoliang held their hands and said, "Both of you are loyal ministers of Daliang. Let's sit down and talk."
The two sat down, Long Chen stood behind Yu Fuguo.
Only then did Li Zhaoliang and Huairen notice Long Chen.
Li Zhaoliang asked: "Father, who is this?"
Yu Fuguo immediately said: "This is the emperor's personal guard Yinglong. He is the emperor's secret guard who always follows the emperor. This time, in order to achieve great things, he also came with the old slave."
"Shadow Dragon, I have met the prince and Lord Huai."
Long Chen immediately bowed and said, "I have met the prince, Mr. Huai."
Li Zhaoliang was a little surprised and asked: "Why didn't we meet last time?"
Yu Fuguo said: "Last time I was on guard at the perimeter, and this time I brought him to see the prince. Shadow Dragon is the emperor's personal guard, and he is highly skilled in martial arts. If the prince wants to achieve great things, he must rely on this person."
"Once the prince ascends the throne, there will be many assassins. If there are no experts around to protect him, he will be in danger easily."
Li Zhaoliang was convinced that there was no expert in charge of his palace, so he was always worried about someone breaking into the palace to assassinate him.
Li Zhaoliang asked excitedly: "Can the shadow dragon be given to me?"
Yu Fuguo was in a bit of a dilemma. He didn't expect to send Long Chen to Li Zhaoliang...
Huairen immediately said: "Your Majesty, Shadow Dragon has been following Mr. Fish for a long time and is more useful around Mr. Fish. It's better not to take away people's beauty."
Huairen secretly stepped on Li Zhaoliang and signaled Li Zhaoliang not to take in people who didn't know their true identity.
The suspicion on Yu Fuguo has not yet been clarified, and Long Chen has just met him for the first time. If he is taken with him as a guard, if he is an assassin, the consequences will be disastrous.
Li Zhaoliang also came to his senses and said with a smile: "Yes, the emperor's brother will be of great use to his father-in-law. How can I, the king, take away people's love?"
Long Chen thought to himself: This Huairen is not an idiot, he is quite wary.
"Okay, let's get down to business."
Li Zhaoliang started talking about serious things.
"Mr. Fish, please tell me how the situation is."
Li Zhaoliang first asked Yu Fuguo to talk about the matter.
Yu Fuguo said: "The old slave came to Jinling City with orders, and I feel ashamed. Until now, I have just made up a nursery rhyme."
"If you want to achieve great things, you must have soldiers and horses in your hands."
"To be completely treasonous, when the emperor raised troops from Qingren County, he had one hundred thousand black-armored troops, but now the prince has only government troops..."
Being an emperor cannot be done without force. Li Chengdao secretly trained the Black Armored Army back then, and then took advantage of the opportunity to go to Beijing to face the Holy Emperor to raid Jinling City and pacify the world in one fell swoop.
On the other hand, Li Zhaoliang only had more than a hundred soldiers in the palace, and they were all weak.⑧①ZW.????m
When he first selected the soldiers, Li Zhaoliang deliberately selected some old and weak men just to reassure Li Chengdao.
Now that I need to use people, I find that it is too weak.
Huairen said: "I have contacted knowledgeable people in the court, and there are more than a hundred of them. They have domestic soldiers."
At this time, new people joined, and the total number of these people's soldiers was more than 3,000.
Yu Fuguo said with some helplessness: "Master Huai, there are still 10,000 forbidden troops and 20,000 garrison troops in Jinling City. I'm afraid we can't rely on domestic soldiers alone."
Huairen was a little helpless and said: "What should we do? It is impossible to temporarily train troops now. Who knows what the situation will be like when the troops and horses are trained?"
Li Zhaoliang was also very anxious and asked: "If Mr. Yu said this, he must have a plan."
Yu Fuguo said: "I don't have any plans, I just have an idea."
