Before the fifth watch, Emperor Li Yu was woken up from his deep sleep by his personal female guard. He asked sleepily: "Is it time to go to court?"
"Your Majesty, Deputy General Manager Gongsun has something urgent to see you!"
Li Yu's sleepiness suddenly disappeared. He knew that Aunt Gongsun must have something important to do when she came to him at this time. He quickly sat up, and Concubine Dugu beside him was also awakened and asked: "Your Majesty, what's wrong?"
"It's okay, just keep sleeping! I'll be back soon."
Li Yu put on a coat and went to the outer room of the palace. He saw Aunt Gongsun with a smile on her face. He felt relieved and asked quickly: "Is it good news?"
Aunt Gongsun nodded, "Li Fuguo is dead!"
Li Yu also had a smile on his face and asked urgently: "When did it happen?"
"Just two hours ago, the head was delivered to Tianlai Lefang."
Li Yu walked a few steps with his hands behind his back and asked again: "Are you sure you're not his substitute?"
"I personally checked it and I am convinced that it is Li Fuguo and not his substitute."
Li Yu breathed a long sigh of relief. He had been assassinated eight times in the ten years since he had been on the throne, but each time the assassination failed. He had never doubted Yu Chaoen. Yu Chaoen had an imperial edict in his hand that forced him to abdicate. If the eight assassinations failed,
, Yu Chaoen had already used the imperial edict.
As for Cheng Zhenyuan, he is still secretly supporting him against Yu Chaoen, so the possibility of him is not very high.
Li Fuguo was the only one who betrayed his father. When he made himself the emperor's grandson, he strongly opposed it. As the general manager of the palace, he was fully qualified to assassinate him and could also cover the assassin's escape. Li Yu could almost conclude that he planned the assassination.
One of my own is Li Fuguo.
In the past few years, Li Yu has been trying to kill Li Fuguo, but the emperor's grandfather gave Li Fuguo an iron scroll and a golden book, so that he could not openly deal with Li Fuguo and could only use unconventional means.
Now that Li Fuguo was finally killed, how could Li Yu not let out a long sigh of relief?
It is difficult to kill Li Fuguo, but it is also difficult to integrate Li Fuguo's forces in the next step. Li Fuguo has cultivated a large number of cronies among the palace guards, and has also bribed many middle-level generals of the Wanqi camp. If these funeral affairs are not handled in time, it will only
He got Yu Chaoen's advantage in vain, and this incident made his heart always heavy.
Li Yu asked again: "Is there any other good news?"
"Also, at the time of the assassination, Yu Chaoen sent his men to harass Li Fuguo's mansion, so Li Fuguo's death may become complicated and confusing. Furthermore, Guo Song gave us two certificates of Baofeng Cabinet at the same time.
, one is a certificate for two hundred thousand taels of silver, and the other is a copper key, which should be the key to the secret vault of Baofeng Cabinet House, both were found from Li Fuguo."
Speaking of this, Aunt Gongsun couldn't hold back her inner joy and said: "There is also a roster that your Majesty has always longed for."
Li Yu turned around suddenly, his voice trembling with excitement, "But what is Li Fuguo's list of forces in the palace?"
"Exactly! Including the guards, eunuchs, maids and some generals of the Ten Thousand Cavalry Camp, there are a total of 877 people in the list."
After saying that, Aunt Gongsun presented a thick roster to Li Yu. Li Yu hurriedly took it and flipped through it. Many people in the roster agreed with his guess. He immediately believed that this was a real roster. This extremely important list
The roster will definitely be kept close to the person, and it can only be obtained if Li Fuguo dies.
The joy in Li Yu's heart was indescribable. He punched the table hard and said, "I want to reward Guo Song. Does Auntie have any good suggestions?"
Aunt Gongsun said with a smile: "His Meishou wine is selling very well and he is making a lot of money. I'm afraid he is not short of money. How about your majesty give him a title?"
Li Yu thought for a while and said: "I made him a guerrilla general and a viscount of Lingwu County, and gave him a scarlet coat and silver fish bag." : :
Although the guerrilla general is a fifth-grade military official, it does not mean much if he does not hold a corresponding military position.
But the title is different.
There were nine levels of title in the Tang Dynasty: king, prince, prince, county prince, county prince, county marquis, county uncle, county son, and county male. Generally, they were only awarded to relatives of the emperor and senior generals who had made military achievements.
Although the county viscount was the eighth rank, his rank was not low, he was the fifth rank, so Li Yu gave him the crimson official uniform and silver fish bag that only officials of the fifth rank and above could wear.
Guo Song was able to be knighted in one step, which shows that he brought huge benefits to Li Yu.
It was still dark, and Guo Song slowly woke up from his deep meditation. The beads on the table were emitting a faint white light, like a moon that had shrunk hundreds of millions of times.
The bead is as big as a pigeon egg, and it was also obtained from Li Fuguo's silk bag. In addition to a certificate of the cabinet and a copper key, the silk bag in Li Fuguo's arms contained this bead. Perhaps Li Fuguo had just obtained it not long ago and had not had time to store it.
Get up and make yourself easier in vain.
A sea pearl the size of a pigeon egg is only worth fifty guan. It is impossible for Li Fuguo to keep a fifty guan pearl next to him, and now Guo Song already knows that it is a luminous pearl.
It is no less precious than his own king emerald, which once again proves his belief that valuable things can only be stolen.
In addition to the Luminous Pearl, Guo Song also wiped off three rings from Li Fuguo's hand, two of which were incomplete and were obviously Baofeng's secret withdrawal documents.
The third ring was worn on the middle finger of Li Fuguo's right hand. It was a cut yellow diamond as big as a quail egg. It was also accepted by Guo Song. Counting his emerald and sapphire earrings, he now has a total of four collections.
A precious treasure.
In his previous life, he had a hobby of collecting all kinds of strange stones. There were all kinds of stones piled under the bed on the balcony at home, and a pile of Hetian jade, fake leather, rolled materials, high-strength glass, etc. that he bought with medicine were collected in his drawer.
Now this hobby followed him to the Tang Dynasty, but now his appetite has gradually been developed. He likes to collect precious gems, and he can no longer look down on gems of ordinary quality.
At this time, the sound of someone jumping to the ground came from the front yard. Guo Song immediately stood up, held the black sword in his hand, and put the night pearl into his arms.
He went out from the back window, jumped up to the roof, and lay on the ridge. From here, he could clearly see the front yard.
He saw two people appearing at the door of the back house, but they did not come in. He knocked hard on the open door of the back house. Guo Song suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. The people who came were his senior brother Yang Yu and his apprentice Sun Xiaozhen.
Guo Song jumped off the roof and said angrily: "Since you have climbed over the wall and come in, what's the point of knocking on the door seriously?"
Yang Yu smiled and said, "Wouldn't it be embarrassing if there were younger siblings in the back house?"
"It's embarrassing for your size, come in quickly!"
Yang Yu walked in with a smile, and Sun Xiaozhen stepped forward and bowed, "See you, junior uncle!"
Guo Song asked slightly: "How is your father's injury?"
"My father's injury has recovered. He and my mother and brothers are currently in Yangzhou."
Guo Song nodded, "Come in and sit down!"
The two walked into Guo Song's study and sat down. Guo Song poured them herbal tea. Zhu Xiaozhen took out a bronze medal and put it on the table. She said excitedly: "Uncle Junior, I have now officially become a member of the Hidden Sword Pavilion."
Guo Song picked up the bronze medal and looked at it. No. 98 in the outer hall of Hidden Sword Pavilion was a third-level warrior. Guo Song secretly shook his head. There were a total of sixty-five people in the outer hall of Hidden Sword Pavilion. Including Sun Xiaozhen, there were only sixty-six people.
This means that thirty-two people have been killed.
"Senior brother, show me your belt."
"What's so interesting? I'm number thirty-seven. Yang Yu took off his waist badge and handed it to Guo Song. It turned out to be a silver waist badge. It said number thirty-seven, second-level warrior."
"Why is Senior Brother a Silver Waist Card? Is it because he is a level 20 warrior?"
Yang Yu shook his head, "I am the leader of the fifth group, and I have ten people under me, so it is a silver medal. The second-level warriors are only distinguished by their martial arts skills. Half of the outer halls of the Hidden Sword Pavilion are second-level warriors."
"How many first-level warriors are there?"
"There are thirty-one first-level warriors, all of whom are disciples of my aunt. Most of them belong to the Hidden Sword Pavilion. There are only seven people in the outer hall of the Hidden Sword Pavilion. Their martial arts are indeed very strong."
"Senior brother, do you have something to do with me today?"
Yang Yu hesitated and said: "I want to ask you to help me!"
Guo Song immediately realized that Yang Yu did not know his identity. As Aunt Gongsun said, only Li Man and Wang Jianying knew his identity. But he could send Sun Xiaozhen out of the city. Couldn't Yang Yu guess something?
As soon as his mind changed, Guo Song understood that since Sun Xiaozhen was absorbed into the outer hall of Hidden Sword Pavilion, he would definitely abide by the rules. He hid his departure from the city from his master.
Guo Song quickly glanced at Sun Xiaozhen and saw him standing behind Yang Yu, bowing his head and remaining silent.
"Senior brother, are you in trouble?" Guo Songxiao asked.
Yang Yu sighed, "We did encounter something difficult, otherwise I wouldn't come to you. I received a mission to assassinate Zhao Chun, the leader of the Tianying Pavilion warriors. It seems that Yu Chaoen has been wooing him. Once he joins Yu Chaoen,
Well, half of the warriors in Tianying Pavilion will be taken away by him, but I only have four second-level warriors, and the others are all third-level warriors.
And Zhao Chun's martial arts is far higher than our first-level warriors, and only slightly lower than Li Tong. With his martial arts, we can't kill him, and it's even impossible to use other means, so I can only ask my junior brother
Take action."
Guo Song smiled faintly. "Senior brother, do you really believe in my martial arts?"
"Hey! I don't know your martial arts yet? Even Master Baiyun died in your hands. Junior brother, just one sentence, are you willing? If not, I will never force you. We are still good brothers."
Guo Song was silent for a moment, then nodded, "Since you've reached this point, okay! I'll help you once, but I have to explain, just this time."
Yang Yu was overjoyed, "When will junior brother be free?"
Guo Song said coldly: "Without further delay, I will take action after dawn. Senior brother is just responsible for keeping an eye on his whereabouts."
Li Fuguo was killed last night, and there will definitely be chaos after dawn. This is not only the best chance, but also the last chance. After today, everything has fallen into dust.