The New Year's pilgrimage is just a ceremony, the Son of Heaven first summarizes the previous year, and then talks about the outlook for the new year, and finally the court feast, and the Son of Heaven invites hundreds of officials to dinner.

It was almost noon, Li Yancai came out of the palace, he met a group of military generals, and he was really poured a lot of wine, even if Zhao Gou didn't invite him to tea, he had to find a teahouse to drink a cup of hot tea to relieve his hangover.

Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, most of the taverns and shops are closed, and the noisy and lively Panlou Street has also become deserted, and only two or three of the hundreds of shops in the entire Panlou Street are still open, and Panlou Teahouse is one of them.

There were still dozens of steps away from the gate, and Li Yanqing saw Liu Zhao, the personal guard of King Kang Zhao Gou, who was an extremely majestic warrior with high martial arts and infinite strength, and was loyal to Zhao Gou.

Seeing Li Yanqing coming, Liu Zhao stepped forward and saluted, "Your Highness is waiting in the White Crane Hall on the second floor, please go up directly." ”

"Thank you!"

Li Yanqing walked into the teahouse quickly, there were no guests in the teahouse, there were only two or three people sitting in the lobby, Li Yanqing went directly to the second floor, and when he came to the White Crane Hall, a guard opened the door for him, "Your Highness is waiting, please officials!" ”

Baihetang is a suite, divided into two rooms, there should be tea maids outside, but now there is no one, Li Yanqing walked into the inner room, only to see Zhao Gou, who was wearing a white robe, standing in front of the window with his hands in his hands, and the tea prostitute and Le Ji were nowhere to be seen.

"Feel free to sit down!"

Zhao Gou's voice was very low, "So the idlers have all been eliminated by me, and there is no one next door." ”

Li Yanqing was even more puzzled in his heart, what secret did Zhao conceive to talk to him? He really couldn't think of it, so he didn't think much about it, and directly poured himself a cup of hot tea.

At this time, Zhao Gou smiled faintly and said, "Did you see Emperor Maode a few days ago?" ”

"To be precise, I met her, in Baoyan Zhai, I saw her from afar."

"She also saw you, Yanqing, after so many years, maybe you have forgotten her, but she has never forgotten you."

Li Yanqing didn't know what Zhao Gou meant by this, and forced himself to pinch himself with a princess, a little too blunt, and the intention was too obvious, it is estimated that Zhao Gou would have something to do with this princess today.

Li Yanqing didn't speak, but looked at Zhao Gou quietly, Zhao Gou thought that Li Yanqing would follow the pole to ask about the emperor, and he could trap Li Yanqing step by step, but Li Yanqing didn't say a word, which actually made him feel like a punch in the air, and he was slightly lost in his heart.

But Zhao Gou is not an ordinary person after all, since Li Yanqing is unwilling to accept it tactfully, then he can only advance directly.

Zhao Gou finally made up his mind, turned back to Li Yanqing and said, "I want you to help me kill someone!" ”

Li Yanqing's hand shook slightly, and a few drops of tea fell on the table, which really made Li Yanqing not expect that Zhao Gou wanted to kill himself when he opened his mouth.

"I don't know who His Highness wants to kill?" Li Yanqing asked calmly.

"You don't care who you want to kill first, I just ask you, do it or not?"

Obviously, this is Zhao Gou's own statement, Li Yanqing knows very well that once he refuses, he will lose Zhao Gou's trust forever, although it is a bit risky to agree, but Li Yanqing still thinks it is worth it.

Li Yanqing nodded, "As long as I can do it, I will never refuse!" ”

Zhao Gou's eyes showed a hint of appreciation, and he said slowly: "I want you to help me kill Cai Ying!" ”

Li Yanqing was stunned, his mind turned, and he immediately asked, "Could it be that Cai Yan has not become a colt yet?" ”

"It's coming, there are still twenty days!"

Zhao Gou's gaze suddenly became fierce again, "Since my sister learned three months ago that she was going to marry Cai Ying, she washed her face with tears every day, I will never allow my sister to marry a man she doesn't like, ruining her happiness for a lifetime, since the Cai family doesn't know what to do, and they have to force my sister to marry, then don't blame me Zhao Gou for being ruthless." ”

"Does Your Highness have a plan?"

Zhao Gou nodded, "Cai Yan will go to Qingfeng Mansion to drink tea with a few friends every day at noon, I originally planned to poison the tea, but the risk is too great, it is better to cause an accident to kill him, but I don't have this ability, so I have to turn to you for help." ”

Li Yanqing is no longer the hot-blooded and impulsive teenager he was back then, otherwise he would have killed Tong Yansi for the seed master and avenged the seeding of Lin.

Officialdom has its own rules, especially this kind of murder of heirs is a taboo in officialdom, you can assassinate other people's children, and other people's families will also come to kill your children, so when Zhao Gou proposed to kill Cai Yan for him, Li Yanqing did not immediately express his position, but lowered his head and pondered for a while, he also needs to weigh the pros and cons, whether this matter is worth taking the risk himself, or what method to use, he must think about it.

Zhao Gou didn't force Li Yanqing to reply immediately, if things were easy to do, he wouldn't ask Li Yanqing for help.

Li Yanqing said for a moment: "After the New Year, Your Highness will find a chance to enjoy the snow!" called Cao Juma, and finally asked Cao Juma to find a channel to reveal one or two, so that Cai Ying knew about it, and I believe he would definitely take the initiative to ask to go. ”

Zhao Gou's eyes lit up, and it was a good way to let Cai Yan take the bait himself.

He groaned and asked, "Then what do you think is the right time for the junior high school?" ”

"I left the capital and Jingzhao on the sixth day of junior high school, and the sixth day of junior high school is the best time."

After a pause, Li Yanqing asked again: "In addition, I want to know, how many people are still aware of this matter?" ”

Zhao Gou smiled and said, "So far, only you and I know!" ”

.........

On the way home, Li Yanqing pondered this matter repeatedly, Zhao Gou was young and vigorous, he didn't want his sister to be wronged, and wanted to kill Cai Yanqing, this mood Li Yanqing could understand.

But why did Zhao Gou find his help, Li Yanqing felt that this was the key, just with the martial arts of Zhao Gou's henchman Liu Zhao, it was enough to touch the Cai family in the dark, and he could completely get rid of the troubles with one knife.

To woo yourself? Li Yanqing knew that as soon as he did this, he would be tied to a rope with Zhao Gou, coupled with Zhao Gou's previous hint of seizing the heir, Li Yanqing was basically certain that Zhao Gou really wanted to turn himself into his henchman through this matter, as for the nonsense that the emperor would never forget about him, he just wanted to put his head in his neck willingly.

It is worthy of Song Gaozong in history, he is only seventeen years old and will play tricks like this, but everything has two sides, if it is not Zhao Gou looking for himself, but Zhao Kai, I am afraid that he Li Yanqing will never agree, he has been caught by Liang Shicheng in the matter of the master back then, if he is caught by someone because of the assassination of Cai Jing's son, life will not be easy.

But Li Yanqing didn't think so this time, Cai Jing's good life has not been a few years away, and he doesn't have to be afraid of him anymore, but if he doesn't take advantage of this opportunity to stand closely with Song Gaozong later, I'm afraid he will regret it in the future.

This is called the bundling of interests, and through this matter, Zhao Gou and himself are tied together.

Li Yanqing only has 20 days to return to Beijing to visit relatives this time, and it will take at least 10 days on the road.

"What about Mr. Mo's opinion?" In the study, Li Yanqing asked Mo Jun, who had been silent all the time.

Mo Jun's talent is not only good at military affairs, Li Yanqing knows that he also has another talent, that is, conspiracy, Jiang Dadao was able to gain such a firm foothold in Tangyin County back then, it was Mo Jun who gave him advice.

Mo Jun didn't shirk it, he pondered after listening to Zhao Gou's thoughts.

In addition to Mo Jun in the room, Yan Qing and Zhang Ying were also there, both of them were Li Yanqing's extremely trusted henchmen, Mo Jun had an idea, and the two of them needed to implement it.

Mo Jun shook his head, "It's not appropriate to cause an accident, first, it is easy to be discovered, and secondly, the effect is not good, the snow outside is too deep, even if you fall into the valley, you may not die, and it will be difficult to do a second action at that time." ”

Mo Jun denied Li Yanqing's plan, and Li Yanqing originally planned to cause an accident while enjoying the snow and cause Cai Yan to fall into the valley.

"Sir, do you have any good plans?" Li Yanqing asked.

Mo Jun smiled slightly, "Do you remember how County Lieutenant Yu of Tangyin County died?" ”

Li Yanqing suddenly woke up to the fact that Yu Cheng, the lieutenant of Tangyin County, was bitten by a highly venomous silver snake when he participated in the Spring Festival ten years ago, and died of poisoning soon after, which was a good way.

However, Li Yanqing frowned and said: "It's winter now, and the snakes are all dormant, where will there be poisonous snakes?" ”

Mo Jun smiled: "Although it is winter, if it is in a warm place, such as in the carriage, the snake will wake up, and the key is to deal with some details." ”

"Like what details?"

"For example, when everyone went up the mountain to enjoy the snow, they found a frozen silver snake, and everyone didn't pay attention to it, and then when a poisonous snake swam out of Cai Yan's carriage, didn't the source of the poisonous snake be? He hid a poisonous snake himself, but instead he was bitten by a snake. ”

Li Yanqing nodded secretly, Mo Jun was still thoughtful, at this time, Zhang Ying bowed down and said, "I know that there is a place in the capital where you can buy poisonous snakes!" ”

"Good! This matter will be handed over to you and Yan Qing, and Yan Qing will do the matter of releasing the snake. ”

Yan Qing hurriedly saluted, "I promise that there will be no mistakes!" ”