Su Lu glanced at the two guards standing by the road. One of them turned and walked out without saying a word.
"Come on, come in and talk."
Su Lu gave the order and turned around to enter the palace.
Inside the palace, candles have been lit, illuminating the palace brightly.
Su Lu sat down on the chair, watched Su Yun sit down on one side, and asked:
"Do you know who wants to assassinate you? You, a majestic master-level expert, want to mobilize the army to deal with it. This person has a lot of background."
Su Yun shook his head:
"I don't know. If we talk about personal vendettas, I don't know how many there are. How can I know them all?"
When Su Lu heard this, he glanced at Su Yun. His sister seemed to have changed a lot, and there were many changes that she didn't even know about.
Su Yun looked at Su Lu's curious eyes and smiled lightly:
"Second brother, you are the prince of a country and your Majesty's father-in-law. You have to deal with all kinds of affairs every day. There are many military and state affairs that need to be adjudicated by you. I will not trouble you with my affairs. You only need to give me the ability to bless the power of the military formation."
Su Lu sighed, he cared less about Su Yun. In the past few years, Su Yun didn't come to hang out in the palace when he had nothing to do, and he didn't interfere. As an elder brother, he was really irresponsible.
Think about how many family and friends I have neglected to communicate with and how many family and friendships I have forgotten as I have been busy with major affairs in the Han Dynasty over the years.
Li Qing came in from outside and asked softly:
"Little sister, I heard from Chang Ning that someone is assassinating you. Do you know who it is?"
Su Yun snorted, raised his head, and ignored Li Qing.
Li Qing was slightly startled and looked at Su Lu.
Su Lu smiled bitterly:
"I'm angry. I don't know what I have been busy with over the years. I have neglected her and many people around me."
Hearing this, a trace of shame flashed across Li Qing's cheeks. He walked next to Su Yun and put his hand on her shoulder:
"It's my fault. Your brother is a man. I don't know what you are thinking. As a sister-in-law, I don't do my best. Xiaoyun, if you are angry, just scold me."
Su Yun said irritably in a low voice:
"He can give others the power to lead the army, but he just took it from me. If he didn't give it before, it would be fine. He gave it, and then took it back. He took it back without telling me that I was just taken away.
If Sanya hadn't been quick to see the opportunity, my life would have been lost."
Su Yunxu talked nonchalantly, with quite a bit of resentment towards Su Lu in his tone.
The sky gradually became brighter, and Su Yun's complaints gradually disappeared.
The imperial guard sent earlier strode in from outside the palace and reported to Su Lu:
"Your Majesty, the identity of the assassin has been clearly identified. He is a master from Huangsha Xiaoyue Tower, a major sect in Shazhou. The leader is Gushan, a first-class assassin. The identities of the others are being verified."
Su Lu was stunned when he heard this, Huangsha Xiaoyue Tower? A first-class killer?
This feels a bit like a martial arts novel.
"Why assassinate the princess?"
Su Lu looked at the guard and asked.
The imperial guard knelt on the ground and his voice was as smooth as ever:
"Huangsha Xiaoyue Tower is a killer sect that specializes in cultivating high-level assassins and undertaking various assassinations. The assassination of the princess should also be a commission they accept. If you want to know what commission Huangsha Xiaoyue Tower has accepted, you need to step through it.
Only their headquarters will know."
Su Lu stood up:
"Then I will break through their main altar. I want to see what support Huangsha Xiaoyue Tower has to dare to become an enemy of the imperial court and assassinate the princess of the dynasty."
"Pass on my military order and order Wang Xiaoliu to lead the Imperial Guard Battalion into Shazhou and destroy Huangsha Xiaoyue Tower."
The guard left quietly.
Su Lu said to Li Qing a little irritably:
"The country has only been stable for a few years, and these Jianghu sects have emerged, and they are so bold that they dare to assassinate the princess of the dynasty. It seems that the government's control over various places is not violent enough."
Li Qing's face froze and he looked at Su Lu, what is not violent enough?
Su Yun burst out laughing and accused Su Lu of saying:
"The captains of the various guards do not have the ability like you to strengthen the formation of the guards. Compared with the local factions, they just have more people. If we really fight, they will definitely suffer."
"Let's just say that we in Beiyang were originally poor. In recent years, thanks to your blessing, everyone's family has become more prosperous. There are more and more people practicing martial arts, and more and more people are joining the sect."
"There is a saying in the military now that if you want to have the ability to mobilize the power of military formations, you must first become a member of various sects and gain internal strength."
Su Lu interrupted Su Yun:
"Who said this?"
Su Yun frowned and thought for a while, then said uncertainly:
"I heard it from General Wang Si. Who he heard it from, I don't know."
It was getting brighter and brighter outside the palace, the sun was rising, and it was time for Li Qing to go to the morning court.
Su Lu asked Li Qing and said:
"Has there been any change among the generals these days?"
Li Qing thought for a while and said hesitantly:
"I didn't pay much attention to this. Cao Hua seems a little distracted. It should be because the Cao family proposed a marriage for her. It shouldn't have anything to do with the change you mentioned, right?"
"What about Zhao Wu and Wang Si? Have there been any changes between them?"
Chang Ning was putting a crown on Li Qing's head. Hearing this, he smiled and said:
"If Your Majesty wants to know, after His Majesty retires from the court, he can call some generals over and ask them or take a look at him in person, and then he will know."
Su Lu nodded.
Not long after Li Qing came to court, Cao Hua brought King Zhao Wu and General Siyi Gan to visit Su Lu.
After prostrating, all the generals stood up and sat down on their chairs.
Su Lu looked at Wang Si who was sitting down. The grandson was leaning against the stool with his butt half pulled up, looking like he had a slap on his butt.
"Wang Si, you have sores on your butt, and you can't even sit down."
When Wang Si heard this, he jumped up from his stool as if his buttocks were on fire, raised his hands to Su Lu and said:
"Sir, it's been a while since we last seen you. I'm so excited."
Su Lu glanced at Zhao Wu, who jumped up from his chair and said:
"My lord, I will always be loyal to you and will never have any second thoughts. I dare to swear to God."
Wang Si also shouted from behind:
"I dare to swear to God that I will be loyal to the prince and will never have any second thoughts."
Su Lu glanced at Cao Hua.
Cao Hua also stood up quickly:
"My lord, do you have any grudge against the generals? You can beat me and scold me, so why do you want to take away our ability to control the power of the military formation?"
Sure enough, Su Lu thought, after being blessed with the power of the military formation, and then deprived of it, they all knew it, especially these generals who often commanded the army.
"I thought you didn't know it, but I didn't expect you all knew it."
"Cao Hua, tell me, what have you done recently to apologize to me and the court?"
Su Lu casually gave a reason, thinking about how he should say it so that they would believe it.
Su Yun next to him looked at Su Lu in surprise when he heard this. Could it be that he had discovered all the things I had done to offend my second brother?
Cao Hua frowned, thought for a long time, and sighed.
"Now that you have discovered it, I will tell the truth."
"You serve as the mountain chief of Jiangwu Hall, but you often don't go to Jiangwu Hall to take charge of affairs for several months. Whenever there is a matter that needs the mountain chief's decision, Jiangwu Hall comes to me to solve it, and I give them advice.