Chapter 157: Beauty Scheming
(The third more is delivered!) 5,000 words! )
"When I entered the plum blossom gate, I felt what warmth was. It was during my time inside the Plum Blossom Gate that I felt at home. I just feel like I'm a human being. A faint smile crossed her lips, and there was a hint of tenderness in her eyes.
"It's not an easy road." Li Jing sighed, "Was the information you gave me a mistake or deliberate?" ”
Li Jing now knows the resentment of Gongsun Auntie towards the imperial court, and it is difficult to guarantee that the mistake of this intelligence is not intentional by her. She is also willing to see pirates attack the border castle of the imperial court, just for revenge.
Gongsun didn't evade, and said calmly: "I don't know who wanted to kill me in the first place, but I now know that the person who did it was someone from Lijingmen." You have a good relationship with King Zhao, and King Zhao's daughter, Lord Xihe, has been with you recently, and now she is also on this island, right? ”
Li Jing had heard of the six doors before, and he had heard of the plum blossom door just now, and when he heard about this Lijing Gate again, he couldn't help but feel confused in his mind for a while. Six doors, one of the plum blossom gates is a secret spy organization of the imperial court's criminal department, and the other is an intelligence and assassination organization that rebels against the imperial court. Now there is another Lijingmen, and Li Jing feels that this Lijingmen, which he has never heard of, may be another secret organization that is not known to the public.
"I've never heard of Lijingmen."
"The county lord of Xihe has always been by your side, does she like you?" Aunt Gongsun asked suddenly. "I see you together, and her relationship with you is not ordinarily close."
His wife, Wang Guiniang and Wan'er, once asked Li Jing the same question, and he gave Gongsun the same answer, "She is the county lord." Although I have not officially worshiped King Zhao as a teacher. It's only because of King Zhao's identity. The lord of the county is me. Just a sister. I like her, but only as a brother and sister. ”
"You think so, maybe she doesn't necessarily think that way. Although it looks like nothing now, a woman's feelings are sometimes so strange, and it is not impossible to fall in love over time. ”
Li Jing thought to himself, such a thing may indeed be possible in the future generations, after all, there were not too many conceptual constraints at that time. But now, that's unlikely. Li Hui'er is the county lord, he is just a military general who was born as a farmer, not to mention that he is a man with a wife. And they are both surnamed Li, and they are not married with the same surname. Even if Li Hui'er really had such an idea one day, not only would Li Wei definitely not agree, but he would not be able to divorce his wife and climb the golden branches and jade leaves.
"The county lord of Xihe is the same as Senior Sister Yu, I should only treat them as sisters."
"Maybe!" Gongsun said lightly, "If this is the case, there is no emotional problem between you, don't you think it's a little strange that the county lord of Xihe has been following you?" ”
"What do you mean by that?"
Gongsun smiled slightly: "I'll tell you about Lijingmen." Have you ever seen a blood-red saffron? It is the kind of big red flower that is as gorgeous as blood, and it blooms exclusively in cemeteries. Blood-red saffron. Legend has it that it is a flower that grows on the banks of the Lethe River in the Hades Bridge. Floral legends have magical powers that evoke memories of the deceased. ”
"This flower is really beautiful, incomparably beautiful and poisonous, it seems to be alive. But it's bleak. The big red flower is too beautiful, there is the charm of the remnant sun like blood, and there is also the pure beauty of white snow, but after seeing it, there is an inexplicable sadness in my heart! The big red flower, also called the other side flower. ”
The plum blossom is the symbol of the plum blossom door, is the flower on the other side the sign of the Lijing gate? Li Jing asked.
"The logo of the Lijing Gate is a blood-red flower, which is usually embroidered on the left shoulder of the members of the Lijing Gate, in fact, everyone in the Lijing Gate has a branded flower on the left shoulder, which is kept for life. Legend has it that when a member of the Lijing Gate fights with others, if blood is splashed on the other side of the flower, the flower will become extremely charming, attracting most of the enemy's attention, so that the opponent can easily kill the opponent. ”
Li Jing was surprised for a while, why this organization sounded so much like the factory guards of the Ming Dynasty, while the six doors sounded like the brocade guards. Could it be that Lijingmen is the Tang Dynasty version of the East Factory?
"Lijingmen was also created by Li Shimin, and it is two secret organizations founded at the same time as Six Doors. However, the goal of the creation of Six Doors is to deal with the recklessness on the rivers and lakes, and it is subordinate to the Criminal Department. However, Lijingmen is even more mysterious, they all belong directly to the emperor, are loyal to the emperor for life, defend the imperial family, and remove the characters that are inconvenient to remove on the emperor's face, and its symbol is the blood-red flower. ”
"Most of the people in Lijingmen are orphans, selected from the best of the various armies and then trained rigorously, all of them are absolute elites, killing people invisibly, especially good at using hidden weapons, any action, everything can be turned into a sharp weapon to kill. They are all loyal to the emperor, and they are also dedicated to protecting the people designated by the emperor, if the emperor has ministers who want to get rid of but are inconvenient to move, Lijingmen has become the best choice. ”
"What you said, what does Lijingmen have to do with King Zhao and the Lord of Xihe, and what does it have to do with me?" After going around, Li Jing was a little confused.
Gongsun's eyes suddenly narrowed slightly, and he said coldly: "Because today's son is young, the affairs of the court are all in charge of the great eunuch Tian Lingjin." Lijingmen, who has always been loyal to the Son of Heaven and the royal family, is hidden. We suspect that the Lijing are still operating in the shadows, except that they are not directly loyal to the Little Emperor, but are in the hands of a member of the royal family. According to our predictions, it has only been half a year since Lao Duanjun died, and his sons are generally young, so Lijing is most likely under Lao Duanjun's brother. And King Zhao, the eighth brother of Lao Duanjun, is likely to be the person who now controls the Lijing Gate. ”
"Moreover, we still have enough reason to believe that the county lord of Xihe is also the high-level of Lijingmen, even if King Zhao is not the person who controls Lijingmen, Li Hui'er must be one of the high-level leaders of Lijingmen."
Li Huier has a flying personality, and she does not have the squeamishness and arrogance of golden branches and jade leaves, but shows her face everywhere, and she always has a man's bold atmosphere when she speaks and acts. When she was in Dengzhou, she could take the initiative to provoke Feng Liang and Li Jing to gamble, and even opened a market to gamble. In Wangli Village, he was able to personally appease the displaced people and organize a quilt workshop regardless of his identity. In yesterday's battle, she even disregarded safety and appeared on the city tower in a sassy and heroic manner. Drums cheering. Li Jing remembered Li Huier's various performances. This is indeed an extraordinary county lord. Gongsun said that she was a high-ranking member of the Lijing Gate, and he was not too surprised.
"It's normal that you hate Lijingfang for murdering you, and therefore causing you to lose your unborn child. But you can't hate Wu Jiwu, before you find out Li Hui'er's true identity, because you suspect that she is someone from Lijingmen, you want to sell me false information, right? Li Jing said strangely: "If that's the case, why do you want to tell us this information?" ”
Gongsun stubbornly raised his head: "We do suspect Li Hui'er and Li Xiao's father and daughter. Her tone was a little complicated, "But in fact, we have to deal with their father and daughter." A shrewd assassin is all it takes. I appeared on Salmon Island, but I actually came for you. We suspect that Li Xiao has the intention of rebelling against and seizing the throne, and we have obtained a lot of information that he is making contacts everywhere to build a huge network of relationships. After he was degraded to Dengzhou, he began to take the initiative to approach Cui Yunqing and get close to Yu Xuan. Now, he is getting close to Song Wei again, and is actively attracting the generals of various departments in Dengzhou. Still, we always feel. These are just his tactics, and his real killer move should be to build a team that is completely obedient to him in the next step. Loyal to his army. ”
"We feel that your situation is the most suitable for Li Xiao's choice. You have a good relationship, and you come from a farming family, so you don't have any complicated backgrounds. Now your two teachers, Yu Xuan and Cui Yunqing, are far away from Dengzhou, and you are alone in Shamen Town, when you are the most powerful and vulnerable, if he woos you, you are likely to devote yourself to him. ”
Her analysis of Li Xiao made Li Jing feel cold for a while, and he kept guessing that Li Xiao was not willing to be lonely, but it turned out that all this was confirmed. But when he heard that he might be taken by Li Xiao and was ready to win him over to create a force to rebel, he was really shocked. All this is entirely possible, no wonder Li Wei has always been so good to him, especially the matter of forming that caravan, and Li Hui'er has always followed him and refused to leave, is there also a reason for this?
"Although Li Wei is also a member of the Li Tang royal family, if he really wants to rebel, our Meihuamen is very happy to see it, and is even willing to help." Gongsun sneered, "To be able to watch the descendants of the Li family kill each other, we people in the Plum Blossom Sect are very happy. ”
"In that case, then why are you giving a false message?"
"It's just a test." Gongsun chuckled, "We have to look at Li Xiao's gaze, if the rebel general he chose is just a vulnerable little white face, then how can we follow this troubled water?" I offered to give you information, but only gave you half of the accurate information, just to see what you were capable of. Facts have proved that Li Xiao's vision is good, you actually defeated the joint attack of the One-eyed Jiao and the Wang family with 2,000 new recruits, although the victory was a bit miserable, but in fact the performance was quite good. We have decided to secretly give full support to Li Wei's rebellion. However, we do not plan to contact Li Wei, but to work directly with you. ”
"Work with me?" Li Jing suddenly remembered the thorny rose, and he felt that the tattoo on Gongsun's arm was not a plum blossom but a rose, which was a surprising woman.
"We cooperate." She took her hand out of Li Jing's palm, but instead of withdrawing it, she stroked it on his lap. "We are happy to see the descendants of the Li family kill each other, but it does not mean that we are willing to see one of the last ones victorious." Her white jade fingers gently brushed Li Jing's thighs, with the most gentle hint, "That little emperor is just a puppet of the eunuchs, but Li Wei is a scheming and cunning fox." Li Xiao: If something happens, we feel that the chances of success are not small. Once Li Xiao really succeeds one day, we hope that you will replace Li Wei at that time. Although you are also surnamed Li, you have nothing to do with the Li royal family. ”
Her hand brushed his face and hair, "If Li Xiao can use you now, why can't you use him and replace him in the future?" If friends can turn against each other, why can't we turn enemies into friends? I know that you have already married a wife and taken a concubine, but your wife is just a peasant girl in the countryside, and the concubine is just a former slave in the family. Li Jing, I know that you are not an ordinary mortal, be kind to me, I swear I will never let you regret it. ”
"Are you seducing me with your body? Could it be that in addition to betraying information and assassination, you people from the Plum Blossom Gate also use beauties to exchange their flesh for what you want? So what's the difference between you and a prostitute? ”
Gongsun's face changed drastically, and he raised his hand and threw it at Li Jing.
Li Jing reached out and grasped his hand, "Since you have done it." Don't let anyone else say it. If you can't even do that. What do you do with that good sound? Since you want to be a bitch, don't set up a torii. ”
"Fuck you bitch." She chirped, "Don't pretend to be sanctimonious to me, although I used to be a dancer in the music room, but I was also clean, although I was raped by the faint king, but it was a last resort." What do you think of me? I thought you were an unruly and ambitious person. But look at yourself for yourself, don't you also bow to power for the sake of official rights? You little farmer's child. Climbing to this point in a short period of time, what do you think you rely on, is it really your talent and ability? If you don't hug Cui Yunqing's thigh, don't cling to your home, don't stamper Li Wei, and even bend your knees to Song Wen, do you have today? As far as I know, Cui Yunqing, Li Xiao and others' original opponents Feng Zhang died in your hands. If you hadn't worked so hard to help Cui Yunqing and Li Xiao get rid of Feng Zhang, would you think. Just because you are a farmer's son, can you become a general? Tell me. Li Jing, what is the difference between you and me, or with Song Wei, Li Wei, Cui Yunqing and others? ”
"If nothing else," Li Jing said, "I just want things to be simpler." Gongsun Niang, please listen, I will only say this once. If you really want to work with me, then it's not impossible. However, I hope that this cooperation will be equal to each other, and not that you control me. If you can put away your seductive beauty and sit down and talk about it seriously, I'd welcome it. But I said ugly things in the foreground, if after our cooperation, there are still things such as this so-called temptation and test, then our cooperation will be automatically terminated, and you don't blame me for giving you revenge. I, Li Jing, am Li Jing, and I don't want to get involved in your plum blossom door, Lijing door, six doors and other broken things. ”
"You don't like me?" Gongsun said, "Could it be that my Gongsun Lan doesn't like you like it like this, is it because I look too ugly, or because my figure is not good enough?" ”
"You're very beautiful and have a good body, although you are older than me, but I don't really care about that." Li Jing said lightly, "However, cooperation is cooperation, feelings are feelings, and I don't want to confuse the two." I'd be glad if one day you no longer came with a hidden purpose, but for now, let's get rid of that. ”
Gongsun Lan put away the seductive look, and said, "Then you mean that you are willing to cooperate with us, General Li Jing?" She asked softly, staring straight into Li Jing's eyes. I heard from my subordinates that the One-Eyed Jiao surrendered to you last night and was willing to serve you, but you still killed him in the last place. If you keep him, not only can you immediately get a pirate force of thousands of people, but also have an annual income of hundreds of thousands of yuan, and with the one-eyed Jiao in hand, you can also directly hold the sharpest weapon against Wang Jin. Don't you think it's a pity that you killed the one-eyed Jiao and all his subordinate leaders in the last place? ”
"It's a pity." Li Jing said, "But if I really keep the one-eyed Jiao, do you think Wang Jin can feel at ease?" With such a handle in my hands, will Wang Jin fight with me? Killing the one-eyed Jiao is actually to give myself a breathing space. Song Wei didn't want to fight with the Wang family now, Song Wen didn't want to, Li Wei didn't want to, and no one supported fighting with the Wang family now. If I insist on going my own way, they will only sit back and watch me be wiped out by the Wang family. Compared with those small profits in front of you, saving yourself is the most fundamental, so there is nothing to regret about those who are not sorry. ”
"Oh, the general seems to have seen all of this very well." Gongsun Lan smiled, "Originally, we were worried that you were too young, and sometimes you couldn't see too far ahead, and only cared about the momentary gains and losses in front of you. You are smart and exceed our expectations. In this cruel struggle, although it is important to strengthen yourself, the most important thing is to preserve your strength safely. You are now on Salmon Island, completely surrounded by Wang Jin and Feng Zhang. If you want not to be swallowed, you have to rely on yourself. Don't think that Song Wei or Cui Yunqing will help you deal with Wang Jin, they are now in Qingzhou controlled by Wang Jingwu's army. To put it mildly, Song Wei and they are still difficult to protect. Song Wen, don't expect it, his every move has to obey Song Wei. As for Li Wei, this person is very scheming and can't be convinced. ”
"In short, from now on, you can fully trust us in terms of intelligence, and we will be your eyes and ears in the future. However, the rest of the place is still up to you, and although we will not test you with false information again, your current situation is a test, and if you can't get out of this step on your own, then no one can help you. ”
"Can you give me some money first?" Now that he has made up his mind to cooperate with Meihuamen, Li Jing immediately made an unceremonious request.
Gongsun Lan smiled: "We can return the three thousand yuan you gave us last time, don't think about the extra, the plum blossom gate is not Lijing Gate." If you just got from me, maybe I could give you all the money I've saved all these years. But since you don't look down on me, then I'll keep my little money for myself. ”
Li Jing was a little unwilling, and continued: "Then you do two things for me, first, help me explore the one-eyed Jiao's lair in Duli Town, Liaodong, and give me detailed information. Second, from now on, pay attention to the actions of Wang Jin and Feng Zhang, and pay attention to every move of the Dengzhou Navy Division and the soldiers and horses of the Da Xie Qi islands, and tell me the news at any time. ”
"There is no problem with these two requests, leave it to me. It's getting late, I have to go, and you should hurry to the luncheon, or they'll have to look for you." After speaking, she put on the soldier's robe that she had taken off when she came in front of Li Jing, put on a hat again, wrapped the cloak around her body, covered most of her face and body, and left quickly. Only Li Jing was left sitting alone on the grain bag in the warehouse, thinking about and sorting out the complicated thoughts in his head, immersed in the silence. (To be continued.) )