Tang Dynasty: The seventh rank of official residence, and you will be given the Ten Thousand People

"Brother Zhao, what are you talking about, King Langya is going to rebel?" Fan Xin was suddenly startled and stood up from his seat.

He had known about King Langya's rebellion a long time ago. What shocked him was Zhao Qun's source of information.

You must know that this matter is currently only known to a few Li Tang clan members. The officials below are still kept in the dark. They will only learn the specific information when the dinner begins.

It was also because of his familiarity with history that he learned in advance that Li Chong was going to clean everyone up at the dinner party.

Zhao Qun is just an ordinary county magistrate. How did he know about this plan?

Zhao Qun nodded solemnly.

"Brother Fan, I know it's hard for you to believe it, but that's the truth. King Langya called us here this time to attend the banquet in name, but in fact he asked us to choose which side we stand on."

"If we choose to side with Empress Dowager Wu and the imperial court, I'm afraid that the day we go to the banquet will be the day when we die."

Fan Xin's expression kept changing, and he gritted his teeth and asked, "Brother Zhao, how did you learn about this shocking secret?"

Zhao Qun sighed: "To be honest, King Langya has already approached me. In order to survive, I pretended to agree to him. I just waited for the opportunity to escape from here!"

"Brother Fan, you have to get ready early, otherwise when the dinner arrives, you won't be able to leave even if you want to."

Looking at Zhao Qun who was worried about him, Fan Xin flashed a hint of ridicule deep in his eyes. If he hadn't been familiar with history and knew that before the army was launched, only the Li Tang clan knew about it, he would have been fooled by this guy.

Now that we know the identity of the other party, everything is easier to handle.

"Brother Fan?"

"Are you OK?

After coming back to his senses, Fan Xin shook his head: "It's okay, I just heard such news suddenly and it was hard to accept it for a while."

"Prince Langya's palace has high walls and thick gates, and is heavily guarded. It's not easy to get out. I'm afraid I'm going to die here this time."

Seeing Fan Xin's desperate look, Zhao Qun smiled mysteriously: "That's not entirely true. I have a way for you to get out. I wonder if you are willing."

"Oh, what is Brother Zhao's clever plan?" Fan Xin's eyes lit up, he leaned forward and stared at Zhao Qun closely.

"I'm not talking about clever ideas. When I was wandering around the mansion just now, I found a dog hole in the corner of the back courtyard. If I climb out from there, I can go straight to the back alley."

"Isn't it bad to climb into the dog hole?" Fan Xin hesitated.

The ancients were particular about not bowing down to fight for rice. If people knew that he left through a dog hole, he would inevitably be ridiculed.

Seeing that Fan Xin had committed the old habit of a scholar at this time, Zhao Qun put away his fan with a snap: "Oh Brother Fan, what time has it been? It's important to save your life!"

"But…."

"What's the matter? The green mountains are still there, so we don't have to worry about not having enough wood to burn. Our top priority is to escape first and tell the court about King Langya's rebellion!"

Seeing Zhao Qun trying to persuade him, Fan Xin reluctantly nodded: "Okay, as Brother Zhao said, we will escape from the dog hole tonight!"

Hearing Fan Xin's agreement, Zhao Qun's lips curled up with an imperceptible arc.

"Okay, Brother Fan really understands the righteousness. You just wait for the opportunity in the room. I'll go back and make preparations. We will escape from the back courtyard as soon as Haishi arrives!" After saying this, he handed over his hands and left the room.

After watching Zhao Qun disappear into the garden, Fan Xin turned around and closed the door. Judging from the other party's intentions, it was obvious that Li Chong was worried about him and had found someone to test him.

But he didn't expect that he already knew the whole incident and didn't believe Zhao Qun's words at all.

"It seems that there will be blood tonight." Fan Xin muttered, looking at the dagger in his hand.

……

After coming out of Fan Xin's room, Zhao Qun did not return to his residence. Instead, he walked through the corridor to the vestibule, looked in front of the door for a while, then opened the door and walked in.

In the spacious and bright room, Li Chong was sitting behind the big case, looking at the list, without raising his head when he heard any movement.

"How about it? Have you gained Fan Xin's trust?"

Hearing his question, Zhao Qun bowed and said, "Prince Qi, Fan Xin did not see through the identity of the villain Gaotang County Magistrate."

"When he heard that the villain said that you were going to attack Bozhou officials tomorrow night, he panicked and agreed to leave with the villain at night without even thinking about it."

"It seems that Fan Xin has chosen to side with Wu Zetian." Li Chong put down the list, with murderous intent flashing in his eyes.

It's not surprising that others turned against him, but Fan Xin was different. In order to win over this person, he gave him two jewels, but he didn't want this person to be determined to follow Wu Zetian.

"Your Majesty, it's too early to judge whether Magistrate Fan is loyal to Wu Zetian. The villain thinks that he can only know the result after testing it at night.

Li Chong glanced at him and his face softened a bit: "What you said makes sense. Let's do this. I will order the guards to withdraw from the back courtyard later. You take Fan Xin and leave from the place agreed in advance at night."

"If he really plans to escape and report to Wu Zetian, you should immediately notify the guards to kill him! I will never allow the anti-Martial Plan to go wrong in the slightest!"

"Do you understand?"

"Young man understands!" Zhao Qun bowed and saluted, turned and left the study, walked towards his residence, and sneered as he passed by Fan Xin's room.

Soon, darkness enveloped the Langya Palace, and the Bozhou officials who were talking in the garden returned to the wing to rest one after another, and soon they began to snore.

Fan Xin glanced at the time and saw that it was already three-quarters past three o'clock. In another quarter of an hour, it would be the time he and Zhao Qun had agreed to escape.

In order to prevent accidents, he hid the dagger in his boots in advance and put a handful of incense ash in his underwear pocket.

After doing this, there was suddenly a slight sound of the door opening next door, and then a figure opened the door and walked in.

Seeing the person coming, Fan Xin pretended to be anxious and said: "Brother Zhao, why did you come here? I'm almost dying of anxiety."

Zhao Qun laughed twice: "I'm sorry, Brother Fan, it took me a while to change clothes just now. Here, put this on." He threw out a set of clothes.

Seeing that Fan Xin was puzzled, Zhao Qun explained: "The palace is heavily guarded. If the two of us just walked out, we would be arrested before we reached the back courtyard. Wearing these guard uniforms will not attract attention."

"Brother Zhao is still thoughtful!" Fan Xin praised and quickly changed his clothes. During this period, he noticed that Zhao Qun glanced at the clothes, as if checking whether there were weapons.

"Brother Zhao, let's go." After changing his clothes, Fan Xin urged.

Zhao Qun withdrew his gaze, and after confirming that there was no problem, he opened the door and walked out.

They were located in the atrium of the palace. There were more than two hundred rooms around the courtyard. To reach the back courtyard, they had to pass through three moon gates.

Since they had been instructed in advance, the guards did not make it difficult for them. They just checked the fish charm once as usual and let them go.

All the way to the back garden, Fan Xin breathed a sigh of relief and said gratefully: "Thanks to Brother Zhao for getting two sets of guard clothes, otherwise we wouldn't be able to get through just these three gates."

Zhao Qun smiled slightly: "Now is not the time to talk about this. The entrance to the cave is right in front. Let's get out quickly. It will be safe when we reach the alley."