I just like the Prime Minister

The shadow guard was tortured under Miss Song Yingluo's hands, and one of the most outstanding skills is probably "observing words and observing demeanor".

Seeing that His Majesty and the Prime Minister were interested in this clue, without the Prime Minister's words or even the Emperor's Majesty's eyes, they followed this line of thought and asked very winkingly. Constantly revealing various details of King Qi's private exchange with Jianghu and Khitan.

Li Chengzuo and Jiang Xizhu listened in the hall, with no fluctuations on their faces, but from these trivial words, they guessed how many shameful actions King Qi had done in Yecheng, where the emperor was far away from the sky. King Qi used these In the time when the land was enfeoffed and became a vassal, the management in Yecheng had reached an unimaginable level, and now it has faintly become a climate.

Jiang Xizhu couldn't imagine that if in a few years, King Qi held the cannon fire of the Wujin Mine and manipulated the hearts of the people in the rivers and lakes, if he raised the flag to rebel, how many places in the world would be able to resist such a devastating war.

At this moment, Li Chengzuo listened to the tearful "confession" from the hall, and quietly touched Jiang Xizhu at an angle that others could not see. Jiang Xizhu felt Li Chengzuo's movement and did not react much , just casually looked in the direction indicated by Li Chengzuo - there was a small soldier standing there, seeing the shadow guard frightened and asked questions in full swing, and the two people in the hall listened thoughtfully, rolled their eyes , ran away.

The corner of Li Chengzuo's mouth curled into a smile that was not a smile, and he looked at Jiang Xizhu, but the prime minister closed his eyes tacitly, and let him go.

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This little soldier was the one who panicked and ran to Chen Cheng to deliver the message.

He really had a wink, knowing that he would go to Mr. Chen's place to rescue soldiers, but he didn't want to. Chen Cheng and Liu Zhi were bombarded with bad news one after another, and their faces turned pale. At this time, they actually showed a little panic.

Chen Cheng was able to be called "Sir" by Qi Wangzun, after all, he still had a strategy, and he was a little more calm than others. Even though the situation in front of him was already intertwined into a mess, he could still barely calm down. Divide into one, two and three.

He stood there with his hands behind his back for a moment, Liu Zhi dared not urge him behind him, he hesitated to speak several times, and beat diliu in a circle in a hurry, the three messenger soldiers had no idea, took him As the last hope, for a long while, four pairs of eyes and eight holes all looked at him eagerly to make up his mind.

Chen Cheng raised his head, frowned and said, "No matter what, save the prince first."

"How to save?" Liu Zhi asked anxiously, "What kind of imperial envoy from the capital has already controlled the military and government in Yecheng, and I'm afraid there will be no one at this time! As for the palace, half of the staff drove away with the prince's car, so many people Didn't guard the prince? Waste!"

"Now is not the time to blame things!" Chen Cheng gritted his teeth, "When the prince comes back, are you afraid that he won't be able to restrain a casual imperial envoy? How many people do they have?"

Liu Zhi suddenly recalled: "Yes, yes, yes, there are still a few days..."

Seeing that he was speechless, Chen Cheng immediately glared at him: "What more can I say now!"

Liu Zhi was stared at by him, and immediately realized that he had said the wrong thing, his face was dull, so he had to round up his words: "Mr. Mr. Chen and I will take people there immediately!"

Chen Cheng was restless, his right eyelid twitched, and sent away the soldiers who had explored the way. He stood there without saying a word for a long while.

On the other hand, Liu Zhi seemed to have finally regained his senses, arranging the manpower was a joy, and when the manpower was arranged neatly, Liu Zhi turned around, only to find that Chen Cheng's complexion was obviously not good, not only his complexion was bad, but also his eyes. Gloomy, I don't know what I'm thinking.

"Mr. Chen." Liu Zhi called out tentatively, "We have all the staff, shall we go now?"

When Chen Cheng was called out by Liu Zhi, he came back to his senses, his gloomy face eased, he was still not relaxed, his heart was still buzzing, he glanced up at the expressionless soldiers lined up, The uneasy mood stabilized, he collected himself, waved his hand and said, "Let's go!"

The mighty soldiers watched the two get on their horses and followed them out in line.

Liu Zhi was in front, and Chen Cheng was in the back. For some reason, when he was already on the road connecting the south of Yecheng, Chen Cheng looked back uncomfortably at the high and high prison of Prince Qi's Mansion.

The sun is shining brightly, but the light that shines on the earth makes people anxious for no reason. The halo is dazzling. Under the blazing summer sun, the gloomy prison seems to have become a transparent mirage in the distance, vaguely like an old prison that never existed. film.

Chen Cheng was silent for a moment, turned his horse's head, and left the city without hesitation.

The brigade left in a hurry.

It was like a muffled thunder rumbling away at the gate of the city.

Jiang Xizhu and Li Chengzuo, who was dressed as a shadow guard, turned out from the corner one after the other. On the left was the billowing dust raised by the marching army, and on the right was the unbelievably towering prison.

Li Chengzuo looked to the left, and then to the right. There was a little playfulness in Taohua's eyes, but in the end it all turned into tenderness, and finally his eyes fell on Jiang Xizhu.

"The prime minister has a clever plan, and he is proficient in making a move from the east to the west and adjusting the tiger away from the mountain. I am willing to bow to the wind." Li Chengzuo laughed, "Jun Chi, a talented man who knows the world and the latitude of the earth, assists me, a foolish king who is not going well. I am wronged."

"Acceptance." Jiang Xizhu didn't accept his flattery at all, endured it for a while, and said, "The emperor had already planned to come to visit at this time, but he wanted to wait for me to say it, and credit me for the credit. What is it? Is it a success or not?"

Li Chengzuo smiled brazenly, his peach blossom eyes were full of tender friendship: "No, no, it's because of a heart."

Jiang Xizhu: "..."

Li Chengzuo looked at the prime minister's side face with satisfaction: "The trouble of guarding the door is gone, and the rest is much easier... But Jun Chi, if they find out, the master they desperately tried to rescue is no longer there , what will happen?"

Jiang Xizhu smiled, recalled the original arrangement, and looked at Li Chengzuo beside him, feeling that there was an unspeakable ease in this obviously tense situation.

"Either way is good." He said, "Isn't it?"

Li Chengzuo laughed, straightened his face, and raised his hand, a few shadow guards stood behind him silently from the dark, and one of them pulled out one of the officials who had just been interrogated by them to fuck off. The "loud voice" who pulled his neck and shouted at the end.

Li Chengzuo took the lead and went straight to the prison.

There were still a few guards on the high wall of the prison. When they saw Li Chengzuo so unfamiliar, they immediately raised their weapons and shouted condescendingly: "Stand back! Who is it! Do you know where this is!"

Li Chengzuo squinted his peach blossom eyes and raised his head. He didn't look at those soldiers who didn't know what to do. He just casually looked at the things in front of him, raised his chin, and ordered the shadow guard to grab the "loud voice" lord over.

The shadow guard said loudly: "In the name of the imperial envoy, check the prison in Yecheng! I hope Mr. Sun will make it easier for you."

In the prison on the city, Xu saw his familiar immediate boss, and this "acquaintance" was really embarrassed, so he couldn't help but looked at each other hesitantly, and slowly put down the weapon in his hand. Mr. Sun gave an earth-shattering "Ouch" with a loud voice, and hurriedly continued to receive: "Put down your weapon!! Open the cell door!! Open the cell door!!"

The soldiers were almost knocked out by this voice, and hurried down to open the city gate, the other one walked more slowly, and when he looked back, he found that it was even worse. He was tied up in a row by those shadow guards with expressionless faces. As for the original garrisons in Yecheng, they all looked at the faces of their original superiors in fear, and no one dared to act rashly.

Li Chengzuo followed Jiang Xizhu, and led the people to drive straight in. He walked to a place as if he was familiar with the road, and put the bunch of officials on the ground.

"Look up and recognize it." Li Chengzuo smiled, "Where did you just say? Is it here?"

In this scorching summer, all the officials shivered like chickens with nowhere to keep warm in winter, and they all fell silent.

That's right, there were only a few people in the Caitang hall, and there is no evidence to prove what they shouldn't say, but now, behind them is the personal guard of King Qi, a soldier from Yecheng. If this time, this stunned imperial envoy will take down King Qi It is safe to say that if King Qi is lucky enough to get ahead, they themselves will not mess around in the future.

Li Chengzuo has been pretending to be a fool for so many years, and it's not for nothing. He can see these things from his throat to his intestines with a blink of his eyes, and he sneered immediately.

"I know you've been staying in Yecheng for a long time, and you don't have the big dream of returning to the capital. Why? Thinking not to offend your Lord Qi? What did you do?" Li Chengzuo's voice was neither high nor low, "A person who knows the current affairs is a hero. Look at the impenetrable prison in front of you, my lords, you don't know about the fact that King Qi colluded with the second prince of Khitan, and the imperial envoys believe it. But the city of Ye under your noses, what is hidden in this prison? You know it very well! Don’t say that your Prince Qi can’t succeed in the scheme, even if he can, will you keep your riches and riches to make trouble for him in the future, and help him notoriety in the history books for thousands of years?!”

Seeing that he had already put on a black face, Jiang Xizhu had no choice but to take over the matching role with a pleasant face, and said gently and softly: "I am an official in the court at the same time, and the imperial envoy understands the difficulties of everyone, but the matter of eating the emperor's salary and loyalty to the emperor, Carrying out the emperor's errands is the top priority, everyone, don't make mistakes again and again, and miss the opportunity to take the blame and make meritorious deeds..."

Throwing someone to death with a single blow can easily drive people back, and too much leeway can easily give people the illusion that "there is still room for bargaining on this matter".Jiang Xizhu, a scholar who has been with the sages for more than [-] years, did not know when he had the special skill of leaving room for words without a teacher. At this time, the four words "deserving crime and making meritorious service" that came out of his mouth undoubtedly touched the sensitivity of several people. Mr. Sun's voice was loud and his reaction was quick. He immediately raised his head and answered fluently: "Master Imperial Envoy! It's here! Every time those Jianghu people come, the prince will order me to strengthen our defense here."

Jiang Xizhu nodded when he heard the words, and looked back at Li Chengzuo without changing his expression.

His Majesty the Emperor returned a clear look, and felt calmly in his heart that his prime minister might have learned badly...

With the support of this ambition of "wearing a crime and making meritorious service", Li Chengzuo walked unimpeded in this prison, and finally swept away the resentment that he was almost trapped by him before. However, this prison is complicated, and Li Chengzuo patiently walked through several rooms in this door , They were all thrown into emptiness, either some insignificant prisoners were detained inside, or it was empty without even a mouse.

It was not until the last prison that was completely scorched and black that some clues were discovered by accident.

The guard who was waiting tremblingly at the side immediately came forward: "My lord, the next door to this cell caught fire for some reason not long ago, and the fire spread to this room. Now the fire is out, but the cell has not been cleaned, so I'm afraid the inside is not so clean." , look..."

Li Chengzuo was not surprised. His Majesty the Emperor, as an arsonist who was a yellow flower yesterday, had no guilt at all. He waved his hand to persuade the guard to leave: "The Imperial Envoy makes his own decision, you step down."

The guard knew that they were not easy to mess with, so he let them in obediently, and retreated by himself.

As soon as Li Chengzuo stepped into the almost pitch-black prison, he had an inexplicable feeling. Before he could speak, he heard Jiang Xizhu's elegant and peaceful voice beside him: "This prison is completely different from the one we burned. The opposite of."

Li Chengzuo looked around, and the cell had been burnt to the point that it couldn't see its original appearance, and there were faint traces of the original layout. After identifying it, it was indeed as Jiang Xizhu said.

Li Chengzuo frowned and looked at it, walked to the cabinet with the secret passage familiarly, pushed away the cabinet that was burnt into black charcoal and no longer gleamed, and a secret passage suddenly appeared in front of him.

However, this secret passage does not lead to the outside, but to a dark staircase.

The stairs stretched all the way down, and there were no candles or lighting below. After the spreading fire devastated, the secret passageway was blackened, but Li Chengzuo tentatively felt it at the intersection, and found that it was dry and ventilated. The breath coming up from the downward secret passage not only has no damp smell, nor does it have the stale smell of the unventilated place.

Li Chengzuo and Jiang Xizhu were about to go down when they were stopped by the shadow guards who followed behind them silently for a long time.

"Master, my lord." The shadow guard said fearfully, "Please ask your subordinates to investigate on your behalf. If something goes wrong between you two, Lord Song will not let it go."

Li Chengzuo was stunned for a moment, and then realized that the "Master Song" he was talking about was actually Song Yingluo. He didn't expect this irritating master to be so majestic in the eyes of his subordinates, and he didn't hesitate for a while. In a moment of relief, he just replied "Yes" hesitantly.

On the other hand, Jiang Xizhu frowned, looked at the dark secret passage, and at the very sincere shadow guard, reached out and took off the torch that was barely burned on the wall, and personally lit it for him and handed it over: " In any case, be careful in everything, if something goes wrong, it doesn’t matter what’s in it, the most important thing is to save your life.”

The shadow guard seemed a little moved, but he was not good at expressing it. He just held the torch, bowed deeply to the two, and then turned around and went down.

Li Chengzuo waited on it, looked at Jiang Xizhu, and felt a sudden warmth in his heart for no reason.

One reason is because of Jiang Xizhu's benevolent act, how hypocritical the children of the family are, and there are as many people who regard other people's lives as worthless, and even in many distorted cognitions, this is correct.However, Jiang Xizhu grew up in the same family since he was a child, and held a high position in the government at a young age, but he is still a gentleman who is clean and upright, and will not despise the life of any subordinate.

The second is because of himself.He knew that another source of Jiang Xizhu's move came from the bitter schemes laid by the empress dowager in the past to protect her status. The court struggle was cruel, and the court struggle was even more bloody. Where else is it clean.Even Li Chengzuo had killed countless people by himself, but Jiang Xizhu could detect a little secret in his heart that he had never revealed - he had always been brooding over the eunuch who died in a poison test.

Li Chengzuo always claimed that he was the emperor to punish anyone who was not pleasing to the eye, but another meaning he never said was that he let whoever he wanted to live live.

Survival has always been a more difficult thing than death. It is true that Li Chengzuo is not so weak that he can't see any casualties, but he also wants those who are loyal to him to have a not-so-miserable end.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Xizhu noticed it.

Jiang Xizhu paid full attention to the movement below, and was a little accustomed to Li Chengzuo's ubiquitous gaze, and was completely unaware of what His Majesty the Emperor was thinking about during this period.

However, Li Chengzuo, as if he had never felt the joy of Qin meeting a confidant, couldn't help staring at the prime minister beside him, almost unable to suppress the surging friendship that he hadn't felt for many years.

The two waited for a long time in the not-so-clear prison. Hearing the sound of someone stepping up the secret road again, Jiang Xizhu leaned over and looked around. There was a faint torch lighting in the distance, but he couldn't help frowning.

I don't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt that the torch that came up here was much brighter than before. He grabbed Li Chengzuo, and just when he became alert, he saw two people holding torches coming down the passage one after the other. popped out.

The one in front was the shadow guard who went down to explore the way just now, but when the one in the back showed up, His Majesty the Emperor couldn't hold back, and immediately laughed out loud.

That person really felt ashamed of being laughed at, but he was probably too tired to climb the stairs. He was dressed in a red peasant woman's attire, and he felt that he didn't have much image. Li Chengzuo laughed and sat down on the ground, panting. hum ha.

It turned out to be the Taoist priest Zixu.

The shadow guard was able to walk over the eaves and walls without blushing and without heartbeat. He silently glanced at the horrific situation of Master Guoshi, accepted the task of reward very generously, and replied to Li Chengzuo and Jiang Xizhu with folded arms.

"Master, my lord." Yingwei said, "After going down, I found that the secret passages criss-crossed and turned into a mystery. My subordinates explored for a while, but couldn't figure out the exact direction. At this moment, I happened to meet the national teacher and his party."

Having said this, the shadow guard glanced at the national teacher, and then continued vaguely: "Master, the national teacher and his party are not only the brothers and two Jianghu knights who were sent before, there is another person who, according to the national teacher, has already served I took the medicine he had prepared and is in a coma, what should I do with the master."

Jiang Xizhu and Li Chengzuo looked at each other, and both of them immediately understood that it must be King Qi.

According to the original plan, Yeluzhen revealed his identity to the king, and only needed to hijack the emperor's hapless elder brother and return to Yecheng. However, why didn't he play the cards according to the routine at this time, and directly took the hot potato back?

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What Jiang Xizhu and Li Chengzuo didn't know was that after Chen Cheng and Liu Zhi took people out of the city.

At that time, Yeluzhen and Taoist Master Zixu were leading their troops and He Jingzhi to confront each other, but they unexpectedly rushed out of the reinforcements from Yecheng.

Because King Qi was in the opponent's hands, He Jingzhi didn't dare to do anything to Ye Luzhen and others. He didn't expect Chen Cheng to be a ruthless character. He saw through this group of people and wouldn't touch King Qi at all. There was no hesitation in his actions. As soon as he made a move, he surrounded the two circles of people inside and outside.

As the saying goes, no matter how good your martial arts are, you will be afraid of kitchen knives.Two fists can't beat four hands, a hero can't hold back many people.

Taoist Master Zixu judged from his many years of deceit and abduction experience that Cheng Yaojin, who appeared suddenly, was definitely not a soft persimmon to be pinched, so he immediately decided to take people away.

Kidnapping is a science, and of course you can't leave hostages behind when you run away, otherwise it would be equivalent to giving up your last trump card to save your life. Therefore, Xu Sanniang, who was holding King Qi's neck, did not hesitate to slash King Qi unconsciously, and threw it into the Zixu put it on his back, and asked him to run wildly all the way.

This is how Daoist Zixu’s panting came about—Although King Qi can still be regarded as a noble son, he has been pampered and pampered for many years. It is absolutely no problem for a Taoist priest who has been running the rivers and lakes all year round. The living people were crushed to the point of pain, but there were soldiers chasing after them, and they didn't dare to stop at all.

Fortunately, Xu Sanniang had set up a tea stall outside Yecheng for a long time, and heard many people from the rivers and lakes who came and went said that there was something strange outside Yecheng. There must be a secret passage leading to the inner city outside the city, and she didn't expect it to come in handy this time—she led the group of people into this crooked road without hesitation. Unexpectedly, the blind cat After meeting a dead mouse, he actually made it all the way to Li Chengzuo.

The author has something to say: == I want to finish explaining this story...but I haven't finished it yet...

Tomorrow, I will promise to explain what was not finished in the previous chapter.