Chapter 467 470 Thunder
Hou Xibai volunteered and said: "If I, an irrelevant outsider, were to go out, maybe Shen Meiren could be intercepted."

Xu Ziling shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's a step too late. Li Mi chose to leave at dusk, in order to use the cover of night to escape immediately after leaving the city, and teach Li Yuan that there is no way to chase him."

Shen Mu asked: "How many people are traveling with Li Mi?"

Li Jingdao: "Li Mi and Wang Bodang and their subordinates have thousands of people, and there are more than 30 carriages carrying goods. Unless otherwise arranged, if he leaves the customs by water, the emperor can still stop him at any moment before he leaves the customs. them."

Song Shidao was puzzled and said: "Shen Luoyan at most tried to persuade Li Mi to give up leaving the customs, but it didn't work. Everyone broke up unhappy. What's the problem?"

Shen Mu smiled wryly and said: "The problem is that Li Mi is a person who will do whatever it takes to achieve success. Coupled with Yang Wenqian's instigation and frame, he may take risks and subdue her and take her away to threaten Li Shiji. You must know that Li Yuan has never believed in heavy soldiers in the palm of his hand. Li Shiji, so Shen Luoyan stayed in the capital, and now Shen Meier has left the city with Li Mi, this is the only case that can cure Shen Luoyan of treason, Li Shimin will find it difficult to defend."

Li Jing was startled and said: "We never thought that Li Mi would do something like this, what should we do now?"

Xu Ziling said: "Breaking into Li Mi's mansion now will only lead to bad things, so any actions must be carried out outside the city. Brother Li should not get involved in this matter, and Xi Bai should stay out of it. It is best to continue to Shanglinyuan for romance. And we will leave the city earlier. Wait for Li Mi's fleet, so we can play it by ear."

Under the persuasion of Shen Mu and others, Li Jing finally gave up participating.Because it is really inappropriate for Tiance Mansion to be involved in this matter, it confronts Li Yuan head-on.

After Li Jing left, everyone discussed how to deal with Shi Zhixuan, another headache.

Shen Mu pondered: "Of course the painting must be handed over to Shi Zhixuan, otherwise how would he step down?"

Lei Jiuzhi frowned and said: "Anyway, we have two volumes of fakes, and it's easy to give him one volume. The problem is that if he finds out that the real painting is still in Li Yuan's hands, the consequences of his anger are unpredictable."

Song Shidao said: "Don't worry about it, unless the people around Li Yuan are like Wei Gonggong, Yu Wenshang, etc. Some of them are Shi Zhixuan's internal agents in the palace, otherwise no news will be leaked, and Shi Zhixuan has no way to ask even Yin Zuwen. It's a secret. What I'm worried about is that after Shi Zhixuan got the fake painting, he sent the painting to Chi Shengchun by means of means, and Chi Shengchun presented the painting as a dowry gift to Hoover. Hoover found out that it was a fake. The consequences are really unpredictable.”

Shen Mu slapped the stage and shouted, "Yes."

Everyone was stunned.

Shen Mu took two scrolls of facsimiles, stuffed them all into Hou Xibai's hands, and said with a smile: "One volume is given to Shi Zhixuan, and the other volume may be exchanged for the real copy, hahaha!"

Shen Mu's "Cai Yuanyong" came to ask to see Chi Shengchun, and after notifying the person who was at the door, Chi Shengchun went out to meet him in person, and said in surprise: "What kind of wind brought Brother Cai to the humble house, and Shengchun was hesitating whether to see him off, but he was afraid that Cai Brother's boss is not good at this tune."

Shen Musong said with a sigh of relief: "It's good to see Master Chi! I'm afraid that Master Chi will go to the gambling house and lose money."

Chi Shengchun took his hand and walked towards the lobby, and said with a smile: "If you have anything to say, just say it, we are our own people, and if there is anything, Shengchun will try to solve it for Brother Cai. Ha! I heard that Brother Cai and Kuang Brother showed his prowess on the palace polo field today, which made the emperor very happy, and the future of the two is immeasurable."

Shen Mu pretended to be hesitant to speak, and said in a low voice, "I'm not here today to ask Master Chi for something, but to tell you something important. Well, Wen Tong and I have been thinking about it all day, and finally thought of Chi Ye. Master Chi is so affectionate and righteous to us, we know this and hide it from Master Chi, how can we live with our conscience."

The two entered the lobby at this time, Chi Shengchun stopped in a daze, and asked in confusion: "What is it? Why does Yuan Yong seem to have something hard to say?"

Shen Mu came close to his ear and whispered: "Master Chi must not tell anyone after hearing this, otherwise the big boss and us will all be beheaded."

Chi Shengchun showed doubts, and shouted to the two beautiful maidservants who were ready to serve in the hall: "You all step back."

After the two maidservants left the hall, Chi Shengchun asked Shen Mu to sit down in a corner, and asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter?"

Shen Mu said: "Xiao Yu came to invite our Master Shen into the palace this morning to authenticate a painting for the emperor."

Chi Shengchun changed his expression: "What painting?"

Shen Mu lowered his voice and said, "Didn't Master Chi steal Zhan Ziqian's "Hold Forest and Qingyuan Picture" for Cao San? It turned out that the picture was just a fake, and the real one was in the hands of the emperor. Is Zhang the real one, or the one in my hand is the real one, so I ask Lord Shen to have a look. According to Lord Shen, the "Hall Forest and Qingyuan Picture" in the emperor's hand is indeed the original."

Chi Shengchun's face changed several times, showing that there was a huge wave in his heart, he was in a state of shock and doubt, and he was silent.

Shen Mu said: "The emperor has warned Lord Shen not to leak this matter, or even tell the big boss, but how could Lord Shen hide it from the big boss? I overheard them talking so I knew about it. Master Chi quickly withdraw A reward of ten thousand taels of gold is offered, how can a fake painting be worth this price?"

Chi Shengchun finally came back to his senses, forced a smile and said: "Fortunately, Yuan Yong told me about this, and I, Chi Shengchun, will be rewarded. Yuan Yong will sit here for a while, and I will turn around and return."

Shen Mu stood up with him, and said, "Master Chi must never give us gold again. I am here today to repay Lord Chi's kindness. As long as Master Chi keeps the secret..."

How could Chi Shengchun believe him, forcefully pushed him back into his seat, and went into the inner hall.

Shen Mu secretly laughed in his heart, he was fully sure that Chi Shengchun would be fooled.Because Li Yuan sent Liu Wenjing to ask for the painting from him, and Li Yuan did grab the painting that night, Chi Shengchun is not a fool, he should guess the truth.

Since Chi Shengchun knew that the painting was in Li Yuan's hands, even if Shi Zhixuan sent the painting to him, Chi Shengchun would not dare to take it as a betrothal gift, because if it was not a copy, it was stolen from the palace. authentic copy.

After thinking about it, Chi Shengchun still didn't come back with taels of silver for a quarter of an hour.

Shen Mu thought about dealing with Shi Zhixuan again, and secretly thought that saving Shen Luoyan was the most important thing, so he had to wait until tomorrow night to tidy up Shi Zhixuan, and he had to discuss it carefully with Houhou when he returned.

When he got impatient with the wait, Chi Shengchun finally came back with a heavy bag of gold, which should be more than a hundred taels.

Shen Mu hurriedly stood up, and said, "Master Chi, you're welcome, I really didn't come here to ask for money."

Chi Shengchun forced the bag into his hand, and said with a smile: "Friends have the meaning of making money, not to mention Yuan Yong thinks about Chi Shengchun for me, and then refuses to treat me as his own brother."

He lowered his voice and said: "After paying off the gambling debt, the rest should be the gambling capital, ha!"

When Shen Mu saw him say the last two words, a mocking look flashed in his eyes, he was very surprised, of course he wouldn't tell the truth, and accepted the gold willingly.

Chi Shengchun put his arms around his shoulders and sent him out, saying: "Whenever Yuan Yong and Wentong return to Chang'an, they will come to Chi Shengchun. From now on, we will be our own people, and we will share the blessings, and the misfortunes are not our brothers' fault." thing, ha!"

Then he said in a low voice: "Yuan Yong, it's best not to walk in the streets. It's not so good if someone finds out that you have come to look for me."

Shen Mu's heart was shocked, and he finally understood.

The mocking look in Chi Shengchun's eyes just now was to laugh that he had the life to take the money, but he didn't have the life to enjoy the wealth.Chi Shengchun has been in the inner hall for so long, not because he wanted to collect gold, but because he told people to ambush him on his way home.The reason for killing him was not that Chi Shengchun was reluctant to part with the gold, but because he wanted to blame the Guanzhong Sword Sect.

Just imagine that Li Yuan will be furious when he dies on the street. In addition to Er Wenhuan and Qiao Gongshan's forged witnesses and material evidence, Yao Luo of the city guard can prove that the Guanzhong Sword Sect has already killed the Taihang Shuangjie. How can the Guanzhong Sword Sect escape disaster? .

This is definitely not something that Chi Shengchun decided on the spur of the moment, but a detailed plan.Now that the Taihang Shuangjie has become a celebrity in the Tang Dynasty, it is even more beneficial to Chi Shengchun's plan.

Of course, Shen Mu would not expose Chi Shengchun's despicable plot, and left Chi's mansion happily.

Shen Mu put the money bag on the table, let out a "bang", sat down and said with a smile: "This bag of gold was brought back with a small life, Chi Shengchun asked someone to kill me on the road, and blamed the Guandong Sword Sect Come on, just pretend to go the wrong way, and he won't be able to do anything. Damn, Chi Shengchun is really a bad guy, he hides his knife in his smile."

He said again, "Who is Master Furong seeing outside?"

Xu Ziling's eyes fell on the money bag, and he replied: "It was Hu Fu and his daughter who came to say goodbye to Master Fu Rong, of course, in order to get a share of the Feiqian business. After I said hello, I pushed tired and came in to rest, alas! Hu Xiaoxian's charming The look made Xiaojun dizzy, which is worrying."

Shen Mu pondered for a while, and said, "Have you seen Houhou?"

Xu Ziling shook his head and said, "Go and talk to her!"

Shen Mu said in a deep voice, "How about tomorrow night?"

Xu Ziling took a deep breath: "That's the decision."

Wan Wanxiu closed her eyes and sat cross-legged on Shen Mu's couch. When Shen Mu sat down on the edge of the bed, she opened her beautiful eyes and said, "When are you coming back?"

Shen Mu said: "Tomorrow! Big sister, can you answer me a question first, what is the relationship between Xiangjia and Momen?"

Wan Hou Yu looked calm, and said indifferently: "What does this have to do with killing Shi Zhixuan?"

Shen Mu said: "Because Shi Zhixuan wants to deal with Chi Shengchun."

Hou Hou was silent for a while, then sighed: "What Shi Zhixuan wants to deal with is not Chi Shengchun, but Zhao Deyan. Now the most powerful person in the Demon Sect to compete with Shi Zhixuan for the throne is Zhao Deyan. Do you know that Jieli once sent people to Chang'an Talk to Li Yuan, and promise not to interfere with Li Shimin's attack on Luoyang, if Zhao Deyan hadn't been behind the instigation, how could Xieli be so accommodating."

Shen Mu said: "There is such a thing! Then why do you still have to hide it for the Xiang family, even if the one who will unify the holy sect in the future is Sister Hou, the Xiang family will not be loyal to you."

Wan Hou smiled and said, "Young Commander, do you know that Xiang Gui is originally from my Yin Gui sect?"

Then he said lightly: "Strictly speaking, Xianggui is a tool for us to make money, and the Baling Gang is just a cover for him to cover up his true identity. Hmph! Xianggui loves to follow others, and seeing that Zhao Deyan is backed by Turkic people, how dare he treat us Acting positively and viciously, secretly working for Zhao Deyan, one day I will teach him to regret what he did. That's all I can say. Do you want to do it tomorrow night?"

In the dim light of dusk, Xu Ziling and Shen Mu, who put on the water support, dived into the Wei River that flows through the northwest of Chang'an City, and watched the sail carrying Song Shidao and others flow eastward into the Yellow River.When leaving the customs, someone will pretend to be a pair of Taihang heroes, so no flaws will be revealed.

When the two went ashore, night fell on the land, and the lights of Chang'an City showed the magnificence of this city, one of the three famous capitals in the world.

The two of them lay behind rocks in a shoal near the shore, waiting patiently for Li Mi's fleet.There are two ways to get outside the pass by land and water. Of course, the waterway is convenient and fast. From the wharf of Yong'an Canal in the northwest of the city, enter the Dahe River via the Weishui River, and you can pass through the pass and leave the country after two days.

Shen Mu sighed: "Li Mi and his people are in three separate boats. If Li Mi hadn't hid Shen Meiren in his boat, it would have caused us a lot of headaches. Another problem is that we don't even know which boat she is placed on. "

Xu Ziling said: "I'm not worried about this. Li Mi has ghosts in his heart, and he will definitely bring Shen Luoyan with him in case of accidents. If you were Li Mi, how would you allocate the fleet's men?"

Shen Mu pondered and said: "If it were me, I would gather those who can fight on one ship, and relocate the food and supplies on other ships. If there is a sudden change, I will be able to deal with it."

Xu Ziling nodded and said: "Li Mi is a commander who is used to fighting, and his ideas should be similar to yours, so whichever ship is the lightest and most flexible is our goal."

Shen Mu sighed: "I really don't understand Li Mi, there is a saying that the monk can't leave the temple, even if he can get out of the pass safely, his own family and the relatives of his subordinates will still stay in Chang'an, if he rebels against the Tang Dynasty, wouldn't it be a disaster for his relatives? "

Xu Ziling said: "So he has to rely on Yang Wenqian. According to my guess, most of his subordinates are kept in the dark and don't know the real purpose of Li Mi's trip. Otherwise, they would not abandon their wife and children to accompany him on the adventure."

Shen Mu nodded and said: "This is exactly the reason why Li Mi tried everything possible to get Li Yuan's approval. Firstly, he wanted his subordinates to go out with him at ease, and secondly, he gave his family members a chance to slip away. Otherwise, with the skills of Li Mi and Wang Bodang, they should Can slip away easily."

The sky is getting dark, the night stretches, and the moon and stars appear in the sky.

Shen Mu frowned and said, "It's a bit inappropriate, why is there no sign of Li Mi's fleet?"

Just as Xu Ziling was about to speak, there was a sharp sound of hoofbeats from the bank, and the two of them looked in amazement at Li Jing galloping along the cliff bank, bringing two empty riders with him.

Knowing something was wrong, the two quickly jumped out from the rocky beach where they were hiding, and flew to meet them.

Seeing them, Li Jing said, "Get on the horse quickly! Follow me!"

The two flew on their horses and chased behind Li Jing.

Li Jing rode his horse and galloped eastward, shouting: "Li Mi temporarily changed the water route to a land route, and left the city half an hour ago. Fortunately, I have been keeping an eye on them in secret."

The two secretly felt ashamed, if Li Jing hadn't been worried, they would have missed the match, and Shen Luoyan would have been doomed.

Li Jing said: "Li Mi guessed that the emperor wanted to kill him."

Shen Mudao: "Li Mi most likely came to his senses after Shen Luoyan hurt Chen Lihai. His mother knew that he still wanted to go his own way, and even kidnapped the old men who were affectionate and righteous to him. Is Li Mi really a human being?"

Xu Ziling let his horse ride up to Li Jing and asked, "Brother Li, does Li Mi know the route Li Mi took?"

Li Jing replied: "If you want to avoid the pursuers, Li Mi must use trees to cover, the most ideal is the hat forest thirty miles southeast of Chang'an. This forest covers hills and plains with a radius of more than a hundred miles. Li Mi's With the experience of marching, there are various ways to get rid of the pursuers, and you can choose different positions to get out of the forest."

Shen Mu's scalp felt numb and said: "Then what should we do? We can travel thirty miles in half an hour, Li Mi should be in the forest now, how can we find him?"

Li Jing led them towards the heights of the mountain, and said, "Don't worry! Hong Fu and I will split up, she is right behind their team."

The three stopped talking and rode at full speed. After a while, they rushed to the top of the mountain, and a vast and dense forest and river appeared below, extending in all directions to the end of the horizon. Chang'an became a dark spot like starlight, located in the far northwest .

Shen Mu took a deep breath and said, "I'm worried that Li Yuan will intercept him before he enters the forest."

Li Jingdao: "I discussed this issue with Hong Fu. If the emperor really intercepted Li Mi's convoy before entering the forest, and Hong Fu would show up to beg Li Mi and expose his kidnapping of Shen Luoyan, then the emperor will It's hard to incriminate Shen Luoyan."

Xu Ziling searched poorly to see if there were any cases of frightened birds flying, but due to the vast forest area, places far away at night can be seen clearly. Li Mi's embarrassment turned into anger, and he will rise up and rebel, and the Dugu family can take advantage of the chaos to kill Shen Luoyan."

Shen Mu said nervously: "How will sister-in-law inform us of her location?"

Li Jingxian's heart was heavy, and he said in a deep voice: "She knows that we will come to this condescending position, and when the time is right, we will use the mirror to reflect the moonlight to reflect in this direction."

Before the words were finished, a little red light appeared among the trees twenty miles away, and then disappeared in an instant, like this three times.

The three looked at each other.

Shen Mu frowned and said, "This doesn't seem to be the reflection of the mirror, but the light of the fire."

Xu Ziling had a flash of inspiration, and said happily: "I understand! It is very likely that Li Yuan has an inner ghost among Li Mi's people, and he is not afraid that Li Mi will fly out of his fingers."

Shen Mu said happily: "It makes sense! It's really easy for Li Yuan to bribe Li Mi's people."

After saying that, he jumped off his horse and said: "Ambush soldiers should wait for Li Mi outside the forest. As long as we catch up with Li Mi before he leaves the forest, we will have a chance to snatch Beauty Shen back."

At this time, the light and shadow were seen again, and it was five miles away from the place where the fire light appeared just now.

(End of this chapter)

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