Li Zhen returned to Baishui Town from Xiaoen Temple. Along the way, he felt a lot of emotion. His meeting with Li Xian today completely overturned his understanding of Li Xian. For a long time, Li Zhen has always believed that Li Xian was an incompetent man who was confused and lived under the power of his wife, but he did not expect that he still had a wise side, and even his wife Wei was concealed.

As expected, there was Xingtang Association, an organization that was responsible for overthrowing Wu Zetian and restoring the Tang Dynasty's country, has always existed secretly. In addition to Li Xian, there are many royal families in it, and even Li Jingye, he saw it today.

However, Li Zhen was not surprised by Li Jingye's appearance. Since even Luo Binwang, who was considered dead by the court, was still alive, it is not surprising that Li Jingye did not die. Like his master, becoming a monk was his best way to escape. However, Li Zhen did not expect that Li Jingye would hide in Fangzhou. Fangzhou and his party brought him too much shock

"Old Li, what are you thinking? Smile bitterly and sneer?" Di Yan next to him could no longer help him. He was a little dissatisfied with Li Zhen. He helped him stop his senior sister, without a word of thanks, and didn't even ask.

Li Zhen smiled apologetically and said to Di Yan: "I'm wondering, who ambushed Sun Li and the others?"

This question immediately diverted Di Yan's dissatisfaction, and she immediately said: "Actually, I was thinking about this matter yesterday."

"Tell me what you think?" Li Zhen said with a smile.

"Well, the other party can ambush while they are resting halfway, which means that the ambushers have already mastered Sun Li and the others' itinerary. Finally, they started as soon as they entered Fangzhou, which means that the ambushers have stared at them all the way. There must have been many times on the way, but they have to hold back, just waiting for them to enter Fangzhou. Therefore, the ambushers are not locals, they must have come from the capital."

Li Zhen nodded and praised: "It makes sense, then what?"

Di Yan received encouragement, became more excited, and said proudly: "Then it's the bronze medal, you can show it to me first."

Li Zhen took out the bronze medal from Xingtanghui and handed it to her. Di Yan took it and looked at it and said, "There is a hole at the top of the bronze medal, which is convenient for tying it around your waist with a rope. For example, when you first joined Qianniuwei, I saw that there was a bronze medal like this tied around your waist.

Of course, this bronze medal of Xingtang Association will not be tied openly around the waist. If you are casually seen by others, you will inevitably collect it or even carry it at all. If you are caught, will it become evidence? So this bronze medal must have been deliberately missed on the scene."

"The analysis is very good, so who do you think it is?"

"If you want to know who it is, you have to analyze the motivation. First of all, this is definitely not what Wu Sansi did. The reason is very simple. If Wu Sansi knew that the Xingtang Association existed, he would have reported to the female emperor a long time ago, and there was no need to wait until today. Secondly, this person knows the relationship between Sun Li and you, and knows that you are there, the matter of Xingtang Association will not be spread, which means that the ambush planner does not want Xingtang to be wiped out. I think this is actually a warning to Li Xian. If you dare not listen to me, I will break the matter of Xingtang Association. Do you think I will analyze it right?"

"Who do you think it will be?"

Di Yan clenched her teeth gently and whispered: "I think it's Shangguan Wan'er."

Li Zhen was shocked. He remembered what Li Xian told him. Shangguan Wan'er did know that Xingtang would exist. Could it be that Shangguan Wan'er sent Shangqinglou to plot against Sun Li and the others?

But if you think about it carefully, you feel that Shangguan Wan'er is not likely to be very likely. If it were normal, it would be fine. At this critical moment, Shangguan Wan'er will no longer add fuel to the fire or cause trouble out of thin air. This is obviously someone wants to muddle the water, and Li Zhen thinks that Princess Taiping is more likely.

Li Zhen knew that Di Yan was dissatisfied with Shangguan Wan'er, so it was not surprising that she pointed the finger at Shangguan Wan'er, but Di Yan's analysis made some sense. If Princess Taiping really wanted to muddle the water, if one plan failed, they would definitely have another plan.

Xiaoen Temple is very close to Baishui Town. Soon after, they returned to Baishui Town Mansion. As soon as they entered the gate, Zhao Qiuniang greeted her, clasped her fists and said, "Commander, we have discovered Lai Junchen's hiding place."

Li Zhen was overjoyed and asked quickly: "Where is it?"

"Just in Fangling County, not far from the county government, is a middle house covering an area of ​​about five acres. There are about a dozen Lai Junchen's subordinates, but we didn't see Lai Junchen."

Li Zhen pondered for a moment and sneered: "Lai Junchen will not hide in the county town. It is too limited and can be easily discovered. He must be hiding outside the city like us, and at the same time, he will put eyeliners in the city to keep an eye on the people in the city. They will take us to find Lai Junchen's place."

"Weizhi has arranged for brothers to monitor. In addition, we found that Fangling County Magistrate Wei Qiming secretly went to see Lai Junchen's people at noon today."

Fangling County Captain Li Zhen was a little puzzled. What did the county magistrate Wei Qiming go to see Lai Junchen? After walking two steps, Li Zhen slapped his forehead suddenly, and he actually neglected an extremely important matter.

As Li Zhen judged, Lai Junchen was under his banner in Shangyong County, but he had already quietly arrived in Fangling County. This time, Lai Junchen brought more than 30 subordinates, and he found a place outside the west city. At the same time, he sent the Suo brothers to lead five or six subordinates to the county town to inquire about the news in the city.

The Soh brothers were Sohwen and Soh Ying. Since Wu Chengsi fell, under the siege of Lai Junchen, the Soh family defected to Lai Junchen without hesitation and became Lai Junchen's new source of wealth. In return for the Soh family, Lai Junchen arranged the Soh brothers into his private warrior organization, the "Black Officials".

So Wen and So Ying went to Beijing to participate in the martial arts competition this time, and both of them failed. They didn't want to return to Dunhuang. It was said that Li Zhen had served as the deputy commander of the inner guard, which made the two brothers very jealous and worked harder for Lai Junchen. Especially So Wen was cruel and ruthless, and was highly appreciated by Lai Junchen. He quickly promoted him to the chief of fire, with ten brothers under his command.

Suo Wen was ordered to lead his subordinates to live in the county town, mainly to inquire about information from other forces. At the same time, Lai Junchen also hoped that they could find Li Zhen’s whereabouts as soon as possible. As for finding evidence of Li Xian’s rebellion, it was for Lai Junchen to search for it himself, and there was no need for Suo Wen to inquire for the time being.

However, what Su Wen unexpectedly was that Wei Qiming, the county magistrate of Fangling, secretly found him at noon and told him that he had important information to report to Lai Junchen, but Wei Qi was unwilling to say what specific information he had and must talk in person. This made Su Wen very angry. Obviously, the county magistrate could not trust him at all and wanted to take the credit.

Sowen sent his brother Soying to report to Lai Junchen, but he had been there for almost two hours. It was almost dusk and his brother had not come back yet, so Sowen was really anxious. At this time, someone knocked on the door outside the courtyard, and some subordinates opened the door, and then heard Soying's voice, "Where is my elder brother?"

Suo Wen hurriedly welcomed the yard and asked with some complaints: "Why did you delay it until now?"

So Ying was also very annoyed and said, "I've been waiting for him for an afternoon, and he just came back."

"What did the Chief Secretary say?"

"He asked you to take the county magistrate to the villa immediately, be careful not to be discovered."

Suo Wen looked at the sky and night was about to fall. He immediately turned around and went into the inner house, found the county magistrate hiding in the inner house, and said to him: "Chief comes to see you, we will set off when it gets dark."

County lieutenant Wei Qi was about fifty years old next year, a native of Fangling County. He had no fame and fortune. Ten years ago, he was transferred from a minor official to a county lieutenant. This term lasted for ten years. Seeing that he was getting older and had no hope of promotion, although he was indignant, he had no choice but to do anything.

However, just last summer, Wei Qiming discovered a secret from the governor Yang Pei. Yang Pei actually concealed the truth of the major case last year from the court. Wei Qiming certainly knew why Yang Pei wanted to conceal it, because the case involved the Xingtang Association. For this reason, Yang Pei killed three coroners to silence them, but Wei Qiming learned the truth from another coroner.

Wei Qiming had been waiting for the court to send someone to review the case. Yesterday he finally waited for the officials of Dali Temple. Unexpectedly, he heard that the officials of Dali Temple were ambushed in Yongqing County. He was immediately scared and did not dare to go to the officials of Dali Temple easily. Until this morning, Suo Wen came to the county government to find him and asked him about the situation in the county, he knew that Lai Junchen had arrived in Fangling.

In order to have a prosperous future, Wei Qiming finally decided to inform Lai Junchen. Wei Qiming was extremely worldly and cunning. If he revealed the secret too early, he might not get anything. So he must meet Lai Junchen and bargain with Lai Junchen. His conditions were also very simple. He wanted to be the magistrate of Fangling County, which was his dream for ten years.

When he heard that Lai Junchen was about to see him, he suddenly became nervous and began to think about how to use this secret to gain the best interests.

Night finally came, and the Suo brothers led their men to turn over the horse. Wei Qiming also rode a horse. The group left the mansion and headed towards the west gate without panic. But just as they left, a black shadow appeared on the roof opposite, and a pigeon was quickly released.

At this time, the sky had just turned dark and the west city gate had not been closed. Although Wei Qiming was a county magistrate, he was afraid that the soldiers guarding the city would recognize him, so he deliberately covered his face with a black cloth and lowered his head to follow the Suo brothers.

After leaving the county town, the group speeded up and rushed to Tingxue Villa ten miles outside the west city. There were mountains and hills west of Fangling County, covered by endless forests. The official road to Shangyong meandered among the hills and canyons, running for about three or four miles, and the group rushed up to a hill. There were trees as high as seven or eight feet on both sides of the official road.
Chapter completed!