Before dawn, a large number of Yulin troops surrounded Li Fu's mansion. As the sky became brighter, more and more people discovered the anomalies in Li Fu's mansion. The people in Guanglu Square walked out of their homes one after another.
In front of the Fuguo Mansion, there were three floors inside and three floors outside, and there was a lot of discussion.
Guo Song and Yang Yu were also in the crowd. They were watching a carriage that had just arrived. Yang Yu's men found out that this carriage had just arrived from Yu Chaoen's mansion.
At this time, several warriors walked out of Li Fu's palace, surrounded by a man in his thirties. The man was of medium build, walked vigorously, and was dressed in black.
"Did you see the man in black?"
Yang Yu lowered his voice and said: "He is Zhao Chun!"
Guo Song stared at the black clothes carefully, turned around and left the crowd, quickly leaving Guanglufang...
The news of Li Fuguo's murder has spread throughout the government and the public through various channels, and Yu Chaoen's mansion is no exception. Today, Yu Chaoen originally planned to go to Shence Army, but Li Fuguo's death caused him to cancel the original plan and urgently summoned his confidants to discuss countermeasures.
"Wanhua, who do you think was responsible for Li Fuguo's death?"
Yu Chaoen is still a little undecided. Logically speaking, Hidden Sword Pavilion is the most likely. After all, they have assassinated Li Fuguo twice before. However, Yu Chaoen also suspects that it is Cheng Zhenyuan. He will benefit the most if Li Fuguo dies.
Yang Wanhua said quickly: "When Li Fuguo was assassinated, Tianqinglou dressed as our people happened to be harassing Li Fuguo's house. It is more likely that Cheng Zhenyuan did it. They attacked in the east and west, attracting the Li family's warriors to the gate, and secretly sent experts
The only person who can sneak attack Li Fugu and kill the Chen brothers is Tianqinglou, Li Liangshan and several chief swordsmen. They are not underestimating Hidden Sword Pavilion because of their humble position. Unless Aunt Gongsun takes action, they will not be able to kill Li Fugu."
"What do you think of Xianlai?" Yu Chaoen turned around and asked.
A hoarse and deep voice came from the curtain behind him, "There is another person, Father Weng, don't forget him!"
Yu Chaoen frowned, "Are you talking about the man with superb archery skills? But we searched for him for twenty days and still couldn't find him. Wanhua thought he had left Chang'an."
The person behind the curtain sneered softly, "You don't even know who the other party is, how can you find it?"
Yang Wanhua was furious and said coldly: "A large number of my men have been searching day and night for twenty days. It's better than someone hiding behind a curtain all day long and just talking!"
"You two, stop fighting!"
Yu Chaoen interrupted the dispute between the two and asked Liu Sigu, "What do you think, sir?"
Liu Sigu pondered for a moment and said: "My father must want to know who killed Li Fuguo. Personally, I prefer that it was the emperor. As for who did it, we can slowly find out. But after Li Fuguo died, who killed him?"
He is actually not important. I think there are two things that are much more important than finding the murderer now."
"Sir, please speak!"
Liu Sigu leaned slightly and said: "One thing is to quickly take over Li Fuguo's power. Li Fuguo has two powers. One is the Tianying Pavilion outside, and the second is Li Fuguo's power in the palace, including eunuchs, guards and some people.
General of the cavalry camp, I believe Cheng Zhenyuan is already taking action."
Next to him, Yang Wanhua interjected: "We are also taking action! I have sent elite guards to Li Fuguo's mansion to bring Yang Chun back. As long as Yang Chun comes, 70% of the warriors in Tianying Pavilion will join us. As for integrating Li Fuguo's forces,
We first need to get the list, I have already arranged it, and there will be news today."
Liu Sigu smiled and said, "Since Mr. Hua is confident, I won't say more."
Liu Sigu said to Yu Chaoen again: "The accidental death of Wu Qi is an opportunity for us. We must take advantage of this opportunity to firmly grasp the Jianghuai salt tax. The military expenses of the Shence Army can be directly allocated by us. In this way, Shence
Military talent truly belongs to Mr. Weng. Otherwise, it will still be very dangerous if we fail to grasp the hearts of the middle and lower-level generals of the Shence Army.
I heard that Yuan Zai also appointed Liu Yan as Yangzhou governor and Jianghuai transport envoy. He obviously went to compete with us, so just sending Huangfu Wen to Yangzhou will definitely not work."
Ten days ago, Wu Qi, who had served as the salt and iron order and salt and iron transfer envoy for ten years, died of illness in Yangzhou. His vacant salt and iron transfer envoy made many people in the court jealous.
Yu Chaoen acted first and recommended Huangfu Wen, the minister of household affairs, to be the salt and iron supervisor and salt and iron transfer envoy on the grounds that it was the court's practice for the minister of household affairs to be in charge of salt and iron affairs.
The right prime minister Yuan Zai recommended Liu Yan, the transfer envoy of Duji Road and Henan Road, to be appointed as the governor of Yangzhou and the salt and iron transfer envoy of Jianghuai River. It was obvious that he would go to Yangzhou to fight for power.
Yu Chaoen nodded, "Sir, you are right. Seventy percent of the world's salt tax belongs to the Jianghuai River. Fighting for the Jianghuai salt tax is the top priority. How do you think we can make up for our shortcomings?"
Liu Sigu had already thought of a countermeasure, and he said slowly: "The humble position suggests a two-pronged approach. First, send capable generals as Yangzhou captains to take control of Yangzhou's military power. Secondly, send Wu Yue to lead a group of warriors to Yangzhou to protect Huangfu Wen's safety."
Yu Chaoen stroked his beard and smiled and said: "It suits my wishes. Let Yu Lingxuan, the third son in charge of Tianyuan Pavilion, go to Yangzhou to serve as the captain. Wu Yue and other warriors will also obey his orders."
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Guo Song has already arrived in front of Yu Chaoen's palace. Guangzhaifang is located to the south of Daming Palace, and to the west is the East Palace of Taiji Palace. Yu Chaoen's palace is close to the imperial city wall of Taiji Palace, so there have been rumors in Chang'an.
, said that there is a secret passage in Yu Chaoen's mansion that leads directly to Taiji Palace. As long as Yu Chaoen wants to dig the secret passage, it will be easy for him.
Guo Song found a private house in Kongguan. The owner of the house was afraid of Yu Chaoen's power and moved away a few years ago. Dust accumulated in the room and the yard was covered with weeds. This house covering an area of half an acre was just right.
It is just opposite the Yu Chaoen Mansion. The gate faces south, but diagonally opposite the window of a room in the north is the Yu Mansion gate.
The window was very small, with a table holding it up. Guo Song removed the table, revealing a window full of holes. Through the broken window paper, you could see the situation in front of the door. Of course, the door would not be opened at will unless
When the emperor or prince arrives, the gate will be opened to welcome him. Otherwise, the small door next to it will usually be opened.
There were several warriors standing in front of the gate, looking towards the roadside. The leader was a young man in his mid-twenties, wearing a brocade robe and a gauze hat. Guo Song recognized this man at a glance, wasn't he?
Do you want to steal your own horse's fish order in Ba Shang?
Guo Song always thought that he was a playboy, but it seemed that he also held some important position.
Yu Lingtai is Yu Chaoen's eighth son, and of course he is the adopted son. Yu Chaoen's only eldest son, Yu Linghui, is related by blood to him. He was originally his nephew and was adopted as his son. The other twelve sons
They are all adopted sons.
Yu Lingtai has just been appointed to temporarily take over the Tianyuan Pavilion. The original Tianyuan Pavilion was controlled by the third son Yu Lingxuan. Yu Lingxuan was ordered to go to Yangzhou. Yu Lingtai, who happened to have nothing to do, got lucky and took control of Tianyuan Pavilion.
Pavilion.
Of course, Yulingtai came to welcome Zhao Chun. Zhao Chun took refuge in Tianyuan Pavilion and could bring thirty Tianying Pavilion swordsmen with high martial arts skills to Tianyuan Pavilion. Of course, he needed to spend some effort to win over him and go out to greet him in person. This was the only way to win over Zhao Chun.
one.
At this time, a carriage came quickly, with four cavalry guards on each side of the carriage. Soon, the carriage stopped in front of the steps, and a man in black walked out of it. It was Zhao Chun, the chief swordsman of Tianyuan Pavilion.
As soon as Li Fuguo died, they all had to go their separate ways. Yu Chaoen made him an offer that was hard to refuse, giving him a ten-acre house in Chang'an, giving him ten thousand taels of silver, and giving him a monthly salary of five hundred guan, and promised him three
He will be granted the title of Captain Zhaowu within a few months.
Zhao Chun is currently serving in the Shanghu Army. The Shanghu Army is a third-grade honorary officer. An honorary position is an honorary position, which is equivalent to honorary titles such as national model workers and new Long March commandos. However, it became common during the Wu Zetian era and the Anshi Rebellion.
At that time, he was so cheap that he used carrots to carve official seals. There were first- and second-grade honorary officers all over the streets.
Later, after cleaning up, most of the honorary officers were reduced, but they were still worthless.
Everyone in the Tang Dynasty knew that the most valuable title was a title, which was conferred by the emperor himself. Only relatives of the emperor, important ministers of the court, and senior generals who had made meritorious services were eligible to obtain it. It was very valuable.
Followed by casual officials, those with grades above the fourth rank were appointed by the emperor, and those with grades below the fourth rank were appointed by the prime minister. The casual officials in the Tang Dynasty were still relatively valuable, and it was not until the Song Dynasty that they gradually devalued.
The worst thing is the honorary officers. In the early Sui Dynasty, the honorary officers were very valuable. Unfortunately, after the two reforms of Yang Guang and Li Yuan, the value of the honorary officers dropped sharply. By the time of Wu Zetian, they were completely ruined.
The Zhaowu captain that Zhao Chun was awarded was Wusanguan, which is equivalent to being awarded today's captain's rank. Therefore, Zhao Chun was very satisfied with the price that Yu Chaoen offered him, which would allow him to gain both fame and fortune.
Zhao Chun got off the carriage and greeted Yu Lingtai. Yu Lingtai was very enthusiastic and affectionately put his arm around his back and invited him to come into the house for a chat. At this time, Zhao Chun completely relaxed his guard.
At this moment, a wolf-fang arrow came with a "whoosh!", as fast as lightning. Under normal circumstances, Zhao Chun could still dodge it with his martial arts skills.
But at this time, Yu Lingtai's enthusiasm flattered him and completely paralyzed him. He only felt a sharp pain in the back of his head, his vision went dark, and he knew nothing.
This arrow was shot from fifty steps away, entering from the back of the head, with the tip of the arrow emerging from the forehead between the eyebrows. Zhao Chun died tragically on the spot. The surrounding warriors were in chaos, scrambling to protect Yulingtai who had not yet reacted.
Guo Song succeeded in taking the arrow and retreated quickly. He crossed several courtyards and ran to the wall of the imperial city. He held two iron chisels in his hands and used the vines on the wall as cover. He climbed up the wall in less than five seconds.
He jumped up to the imperial city, then jumped off the inner city wall, and soon disappeared into the Tai Chi Palace.
Yu Chaoen hurried out after hearing the news. When he saw Zhao Chun's body in the yard, he was furious. He dared to attack in front of his own house. He turned around and gave Yang Wanchun a slap in the face and shouted:
: "Open your dog eyes and take a good look. You said he has fled Chang'an. What is this? I tell you, if you don't catch him within three days, you will come back to see him!"