Lai Junchen has been in high spirits recently. It can be said that this is the most proud day in his life. Even Prime Minister Li Dezhao was defeated by him.

Countless powerful ministers who were usually arrogant actually knelt in front of him and begged for mercy like a dog. This really satisfies Lai Junchen. This is also his favorite thing to do every day. When he came to various prison cells, he humiliated the powerful ministers who were once arrogant.

However, Lai Junchen was a little unhappy today. He had just received the news that the emperor sent Prime Minister Lou Shide to lead 30,000 troops to Yangzhou, and sent Hanoi County Prince Wu Yizong to Yangzhou to announce the imperial edict, but Lai Junchen did not have any matter.

This made Lai Junchen extremely dissatisfied. Of course, he knew what was the real purpose of Wu Yizong going to Yangzhou? It was to dig the old nest of Xingtang Association. It should be his Lai Junchen's business to deal with Xingtang Association. How could the emperor turn the Xingtang Association to Wu Yizong at the moment of the acquisition of the battle? This was clearly a joke about Lai Junchen.

The more Lai Junchen thought about it, the more dissatisfied he was. No one could ever imagine what Lai Junchen could get.

Lai Junchen walked back and forth in the official room of the Censorate, thinking about countermeasures repeatedly. The emperor would not agree to him to go to Yangzhou and could only stay in Luoyang, but he could not be absent from the Yangzhou feast. He had to send his most capable confidant to Yangzhou to attend the banquet for him.

At this time, the Censor Hou Sizhi and Wang Dazhen appeared at the door, "Do you look for us?"

"You guys come in"

Lai Junchen called the two of them up and asked them to sit down. He pondered for a moment and said, "I want you two to lead a hundred warriors to Yangzhou, there is no problem."

Hou Sizhi was about forty years old, with a small figure, a pair of mung beans with small eyes, and looked extremely cunning and smart. He was a famous whistleblower and made a fortune by whistleblower. He was once received and praised by Wu Zetian.

Because he was illiterate, Wu Zetian asked him, how to identify treacherous and treacherous? However, he said that Pixiu never speaks, but uses his horns to push out loyalty and treacherous. His Pixiu theory was highly appreciated by Wu Zetian and appointed him as the censor. A few years ago, he fabricated a large number of unjust cases and was hated to the core. After Wu Zetian used him up, he kicked him into the corner and ignored him.

Hou Sizhi knew that he had committed too much and was afraid of being liquidated, so he attached himself to Lai Junchen and became Lai Junchen's loyal lackey. Lai Junchen also took a fancy to his cunning, so he decided to send him to Yangzhou.

Hou Sizhi quickly stood up and said, "Zhongcheng asked me to go east, we will never go west."

Lai Junchen was very satisfied with his statement, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Sit down and say"

Wang Dazhen hesitated and asked, "I wonder what Zhongcheng sent us to Yangzhou to do?"

"You don't have to hurry, I will tell you in detail."

Lai Junchen took a brocade scroll from the table and handed it to them, "I have detailed task arrangements on it, you can study it slowly by yourself."

After a pause, Lai Junchen said again: "Time is urgent. Wu Yizong will set off tomorrow morning. You must also set off before dawn tomorrow. In addition, you must be extra careful about Li Zhen, and he will also go to Yangzhou."

The two bowed together and "according to orders with humble duties"

The two left the room, Lai Junchen walked to the window with his hands behind his back, looking at the afterglow of the sunset, the red sunset shone on his face, a trace of fierce light flashed in his eyes, and he gritted his teeth and said, "No one can take away my things."

Among the heroic cities in various parts of the Tang Dynasty, Yangzhou is undoubtedly a pearl in the southeast. In the Tang Dynasty, there is a saying that it is good for one and two. In other words, in addition to the two capitals of Chang'an and Luoyang, Yangzhou is the first prosperous city in the world, followed by Chengdu.

Yangzhou is both a prefecture and a prefecture capital. It is composed of two counties: Jiangdu and Jiangyang. Jiangdu County is the main city of Yangzhou, located at the intersection of the Yangtze River and the canal. It has prosperous business due to the developed transportation. This is also due to the Grand Canal dug by Emperor Yang Guang of Sui, which runs through the north and south, allowing Yangzhou's economy to develop rapidly. By the mid-Tang Dynasty, Yangzhou had developed into one of the four major economic centers of the Tang Dynasty.

The most beautiful season in Yangzhou is March, so there are fireworks in Yangzhou in March. Although it is May, the weather is gradually getting hot and there is no beautiful scenery of flowers and green willows, the banks of the Caohe River are lush and green, and the mountains are picturesque, giving people a sense of intoxication like walking in a painting.

Li Zhen and Wu Yizong and his party set out from Luoyang and first arrived in Chenliu County by land. In Chenliu County, they should take the water route. The group took more than a dozen large ships along the Bian River. After five or six days, they gradually arrived at Yangzhou City.

"Old Li, I think the south is more elegant than the north. Look at the mountains and rivers, I'm so drunk."

Di Yan and Li Zhen sat on a large ship behind. The ship had three floors. They sat on the third floor with a spacious large window. Di Yan sat in front of the window, drinking tea while looking at the beautiful scenery in the distance intoxicatedly.

Green mountains are as dark as dark as the banks of the Caohe River. Clear rivers appear from time to time around the rice fields, and clusters of thick green forests are distributed by the river. Inside the rice fields, the beautiful scenery is rendered.

Li Zhen sat cross-legged at the big table, looking carefully at a map. When he heard Di Yan's feelings, he raised his head and smiled, "Is your father not in Pengze? It's also the south, isn't the scenery as good as here?"

"Although Pengze is in the south, the population is too small. Besides, the two places have different moods. In Pengze, our family is thinking about when my father will go back and how can I enjoy the scenery."

Di Yan gave him a blank look and raised his voice, "Hey, I'm in great interest now. You either say something nice or do your own thing. Don't say these disappointing words, can you do it?"

"Okay, I won't say it anymore, I'm just a little curious."

At this moment, a subordinate reported outside the cabin: "The commander, General Wu sent someone."

Li Zhen nodded and said to Di Yan: "I'll go and have a look."

When talking about Wu Yizong, Di Yan's eyes showed a hint of disgust. When changing the boat in Chenliu County, Wu Yizong saw her and stared at her. He couldn't recover for a long time, just like a hungry ghost in the sex. When he learned that she and Li Zhen were the daughter of Di Xiangguo, he got on the boat in disappointment.

Along the way, Wu Yizong forced the local government to offer singing girls to him, singing every night, which was extremely annoying. Di Yan also felt that Li Zhen was right. She had to keep a little vigilant against this lustful Wu Yizong.

"Old Li" Di Yan called Li Zhen.

"What's wrong?" Li Zhen turned around and asked with a smile.

"Be careful," Di Yan whispered to him.

Li Zhen nodded with a smile and left quickly. Di Yan's eyes turned out the window again. He was originally very interested, but after being interrupted by Emperor Wu Yizong, the scenery outside became boring.

Li Zhen came to the first floor, and a personal soldier from Wu Yizong stepped forward and saluted: "General asked Commander Li to come over and discuss important matters."

Li Zhen also knew that he was about to arrive in Yangzhou, so he really had to discuss some things with Emperor Wu Yizong. He got on a small boat, and the boat was flying, and gradually caught up with Emperor Wu Yizong's boat.

Wu Yizong's boat was the largest tower ship in this fleet, about 3,000 stones, but he could take hundreds of people. In addition to the 300 personal guards, Wu Yizong brought dozens of concubines, but he was still not satisfied and forced the government along the way to present more than 20 dancers and singing girls to him, and indulge in the voices and emotions along the way.

Li Zhen had a few deals with Wu Yizong and found that he looked a bit like Lai Junchen. Although he was lustful, he was shrewd and cunning, ruthless and a powerful character.

A personal soldier led Li Zhen into the second floor meeting hall. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Wu Yizong hugging two young women wearing heavy makeup and drinking and having fun. The strong fragrance and the smell of wine were mixed together and rushed to Li Zhen's forehead. Li Zhen couldn't help but frowned slightly, and stepped forward and bowed, "Li Zhen met the general with a humble position."

Li Zhen's official position is only equivalent to the level of a general, and his title is very low. It is far from the general and the King of Hanoi. However, he is now under the direct jurisdiction of Emperor Wu Zetian and has the backstage of Shangguan Wan'er. Therefore, although his official position is low, Wu Yizong is still quite polite to him.

Emperor Wu Yizong did not restrain himself because of Li Zhen’s arrival. He narrowed his eyes and smiled: “Leader Li has a beautiful company, so he has been going south well.”

Li Zhen smiled faintly, "Each one another"

Wu Yizong laughed, "Okay, I like such straightforward people, unlike those hypocritical scholars, who are hypocritical on the surface, but they are more dirty than anyone else in their hearts."

He brushed the floor and peeled off half of a woman's clothes, revealing her snow-white upper body. The woman screamed in fear, hurriedly hid until Wu Yizong forced her out, and said angrily: "You hide again, I will strip you all over. Hurry up to toast Commander Li."

The woman had no choice but to bare her upper body, picked up a glass of wine and knelt in front of Li Zhen, and said coquettishly: "Commander Li. Please drink."

“Thank you”

Li Zhen took the wine glass and covered it with his sleeve. A glass of wine flowed down his arm. How could he drink the wine that Emperor Wu Yizong was adored? In order to avoid poisoning by mistake, Di Yan specially made an arm cover for him. It was very absorbent. The wine flowed down his arm. As long as he covered it with his sleeve, the other party could not see it at all.

Wu Yizong did not see Li Zhen's tricks, and even the woman sitting next to him did not notice it. Wu Yizong was overjoyed and asked with a smile on his drunkenness: "Why didn't Commander Li bring Miss Di here? Are you afraid of me - haha?"

Li Zhen was furious, his face suddenly subsided, and he said coldly: "Yangzhou is coming soon. Isn't the general afraid of encountering any unexpected situation?"

Wu Yizong's smile froze, and after a while, he snorted coldly, waved his hand, "You all go down."

The two dancers quickly retreated, and only Wu Yizong and Li Zhen were left in the cabin. Wu Yizong no longer had the joke he had just now, and his face became cold. He glanced at Li Zhen and said, "Does Li mean that Li Yuanjia wants to assassinate me?"

"It's not just Li Yuanjia, I got accurate information yesterday, and Lai Junchen also sent someone to the south."

Wu Yizong's face turned red with a horse. Of course, he understood what Li Zhen meant. This time he went south to Yangzhou, he actually robbed Lai Junchen of his great achievements. Once the Tang Dynasty was destroyed, the contribution would be his Wu Yizong, and it had nothing to do with Lai Junchen, so Lai Junchen would never give up.

Wu Yizong glared at Li Zhen fiercely, "Since I know that Lai Junchen sent someone south, why didn't you say that yesterday?"

Li Zhen replied to him without hesitation: "I asked the deputy lieutenant of the wine to report to the general last night, but the general refused to see him."

Wu Yizong couldn't speak for a long time, but he was still in the wrong way. He could only snort, "The Lord, please protect me. If something happens to me, you will be in danger of your life."

"Since that's the case, why doesn't the General listen to my advice?"
Chapter completed!