Chapter 317 A scam, opening up the situation

Author: Taiqing Yaodao

Chapter 317 A scam, opening up the situation

In the dark sky, the slanting moon hung high.

The moonlight fell on the center of a large courtyard in Xinchangfang, east of the center of Wuzhou City, looking slightly cold.

The crooked sweet-scented osmanthus tree is covered with golden buds, emitting a faint fragrance.

Li Xuan stood under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, looked at Mr. Bai in front of him, and confessed in a deep voice: "Tonight, from now on, the courtyard door will be locked, and no one will be allowed in or out. Mr. Bai, please let everyone rest early. Tomorrow at 9 o'clock, we will still be here."

Please ask Mr. Bai to arrange for breakfast to be prepared. I will get up early and go to the state government office."

"Here!" Mr. Bai retreated carefully, and immediately, the Qianniu Guards on both sides had closed the doors to the front and back yards.

"During the night watch, pay attention to the movement in the front yard, but remember, no matter what happens, the door is not allowed to be opened. It doesn't matter if they have something to do, are sick, or have any other reasons to leave the house.

, everyone said that this king is right, but no one is allowed to enter the backyard. If anyone rushes to the door, he will be shot to death."

"I obey the order!" The two Qianniu Guards immediately held their hands and stood solemnly at the door.

After finishing the explanation, Li Xuan turned around and walked towards the depths of the courtyard.

Li Zhu followed Li Xuan silently, like a ghost, following Li Xuan through the waterside pavilion, and finally came to the main house.

Qianniuwei has already arranged to stay in the surrounding houses.

However, although the lights were brightly lit at this moment, there were not many sounds coming from the room.

Everyone knows that the King of Nanchang is a quiet person. He is usually either studying or planning something. Everyone is used to this atmosphere.

As soon as he entered the main room, Li Xuan saw Yu Ze, Wang Bo and Du Bixing sitting there, arguing in low voices.

Seeing Li Xuan enter the door, the three of them stopped. Yu Ze stood up, looked at Li Xuan and asked: "Your Majesty, why don't we screen out the people in the front yard first, otherwise we always need to separate our attention.

them."

"There's no rush." ​​Li Xuan waved her hands and said, "When we first come to Wuzhou, we always want to give others a window to observe us. Among the people in the front yard, there are countless people from aristocratic families and even those assigned by the Tianyin Sect.

With their eyes on us, from a certain point of view, it has always been a layer of cover for us."

After a slight pause, Li Xuan looked at Yu Ze and asked in a deep voice: "What's going on? Have the plans been arranged?"

"It's arranged." Yu Ze nodded, then looked to Du Bixing to one side.

Du Bixing reached out and pushed a map of Wuzhou in front of Li Xuan, then clicked on the center of the map.

"Your Majesty, please see, this is the central watchtower of the five watchtowers in Wuzhou City, it is only two streets away from where we are.

With this place as the center and communicating with the other four watchtowers, we can immediately control everything in Wuzhou City through the watchtowers, and we can also issue orders to various gates at any time."

Du Bixing pressed five fingers on the map at the same time, and slapped the entire Wuzhou directly: "The Tianyin Sect inside the city gate has been cleaned up in an orderly manner, so the next step is to take down these five watchtowers.

After taking down the five watchtowers, there should be state offices, schools, aristocratic families and common people."

Li Xuan narrowed her eyes slightly and said, "After this, you can control the entire city."

At this moment, Li Zhu's voice sounded at the door: "Your Majesty, gentlemen, Qiu Beishen is back."

Li Xuan, Yu Ze, Wang Bo, and Du Bixing raised their heads at the same time and looked at Li Zhu, with relaxed expressions on their faces.

Li Xuan walked away and said, "Okay, let's go!"

The others quickly followed. The group did not go out of the house, but walked towards the depths of the room.

Until they reached Li Xuan's bedroom.

At this time, Li Zhu took the lead and pressed somewhere on the front wall.

The next moment, the entire wall immediately slid sideways.

A secret door immediately appeared in front of Li Xuan.

In fact, it is not a secret door, because on the opposite side, the candlelight is bright, and standing in the opposite room is Qiu Zhenmu, who is dressed in red and golden armor.

Standing next to Qiu Zhenmu, dressed in black, was Li Mo, who had been sent to Wuzhou by Li Xuan.

Li Mo has been quietly lurking in Wuzhou, liaising with the inside and outside for Li Xuan, and at the same time keeping a silent eye on everyone here.

But no one could have imagined that Li Mo not only knew in advance the location of the residence prepared for Li Xuan by Wuzhou Prefecture, but even bought the courtyard behind it in advance.

It even opened up the two courtyards directly and quietly.

Li Xuan, Yu Ze, Wang Bo, and Du Bixing obviously knew this a long time ago, but they still kept this secret secret.

Who knows what these calculating and gloomy guys will do with this place.

…

Li Xuan stepped into the house opposite, looked at Qiu Zhenmu and Li Mo up and down, nodded with satisfaction, and said: "I feel relieved when I see that you two are fine. Let's talk about business. How is the situation now?

Among all the houses in Wuzhou, who is making any noise tonight?"

"Report to the prince." Qiu Zhenmu said with a slightly apologetic expression: "Tonight, the Shen family, the Qian family, the Yang family and the Teng family have carrier pigeons flying. As for where they are going, according to the prince's order, they belong to

It was not intercepted or taken down for inspection."

"All four families have homing pigeons flying?" Li Xuan frowned slightly and couldn't help pacing back and forth in the room.

Suddenly, he stopped suddenly, looked up at Qiu Zhenmu, and asked: "Whose carrier pigeons fly the most, and whose carrier pigeons fly the least?"

"The Qian family has the most carrier pigeons, the Yang family has the least carrier pigeons, and the other two families are average." Qiu Zhenmu had a thoughtful look on his face.

Based on his understanding of Li Xuan, Li Xuan's question would definitely not be without purpose. He must have a reason for asking.

So what exactly can be shown by changes in the number of homing pigeons?

"Homing pigeons are news." Li Xuan directly revealed the secret behind the homing pigeons in one sentence: "The more homing pigeons take off, it means that they are closely connected with the outside world. The fewer homing pigeons take off, it is actually not so much that they are not in close contact with the outside world. It is better to say that they are not in close contact with the outside world.

Be very cautious in contacting the outside world.”

"The Qian family has minerals in every county in Wuzhou. If we say who has the most armed guards in the entire Wuzhou, except for the government and the Tianyin Sect, the Qian family would say second, but no one would dare to say first, so this is also true.

As a result, the Tianyin Sect has been keeping an eye on them."

Li Xuan sneered and said: "The Qian family not only has people, but also wealth. As long as it can annex the entire Qian family, the power of Tianyin Sect will be able to expand rapidly and even quickly compete with the government. The Qian family themselves also know this.

, and naturally have close connections with all directions.”

"What the prince means is that the Tianyin Sect is not really targeting the Shangxi Gold Mine in Dongyang, but all the Qian family's mines in Wuzhou." Qiu Zhenmu was shocked. He did not expect that the Tianyin Sect's

The layout is so big.

Li Xuan nodded and said: "This is not surprising, because if it were me, I would do the same thing. In fact, I had already discussed this with Uncle Yu when we were in Luoyang, so when we arrived in Wu

After the state was established, a series of highly targeted actions were launched.”

Li Xuan and Yu Ze had already started planning everything as early as Luoyang.

Qiu Zhenmu nodded suddenly, but then he couldn't help but asked: "What about the Yang family?"

"The Yang clan has always had a small number of people. Although almost everyone is a talented person, it is precisely because of this that any death or injury to a direct clan member is an unbearable pain for their entire family." Li Xuan turned his head and looked at Yu.

Ze.

Yu Ze nodded slightly and said: "If you want to choose the best company in Wuzhou, it seems that the only one is Yang's."

"But it's not so absolute. Who knows if the Yang family is just a cover on the surface, and the real core may be somewhere else." Li Xuan looked up at Li Zhu and said in a deep voice: "We still need to keep an eye on each family.

Continue, let’s see which family’s actions are the most contrary to normal in the next few days, then that family may really be a traitor to the Tianyin Sect.”

Of course, it was an internal thief. Li Xuan had already calculated from the beginning that the Tianyin Sect would have hidden clues in the Wuzhou government office.

But he didn't expect that almost half of the people in Wuzhou today are followers of the Tianyin Sect.

This means that almost half of the people in Wuzhou are the informants of the Tianyin Sect.

"My subordinates are ordered!" Li Zhu bowed his hands to Li Xuan seriously, then raised his head, looked at Li Xuan, and asked cautiously and worriedly: "Your Majesty, I shot an arrow at the north gate before, I wonder if there is any injury..."

"

That arrow, the arrow that Li Xuan suffered before at the gate of Wuzhou city, actually came from Li Mo.

Or to be more precise, it was Li Xuan himself.

Li Mo is a master of archery. Earlier when he was in Yangzhou, he had shot the Tianyin demon Ye Wanwan with a bow and arrow.

Previously on the city gate tower, it was Li Mo who shot a fierce arrow at Li Xuan with the Fuyuan Crossbow.

Fortunately, both Li Zhu and Li Xuan were prepared in advance.

Although it looked like it was very difficult for them to catch the arrow from the outside, only they themselves knew that it was not difficult for them to catch the arrow.

It was that carefully calculated arrow that caused huge turmoil in Wuzhou City tonight.

And this turmoil is just floating on the surface of the water now.

They cannot see what is hidden deep under the water, and no one knows how thrilling it is.

That's why we need to keep a closer eye, because only when the opponent takes action can they take advantage of it.

"You shouldn't ask me about this, you should ask Li Zhu." Li Xuan turned to look at Li Zhu and said with a hint of worry: "Li Zhu withstood most of the force of your arrow. His
To be continued...