In Chang'an City, a two-day large-scale search made Chang'an City a mess. This search was caused by the killing of Li Gaoqian, the general of Jinwu Guard. Xuanwu Jingwei pointed directly at the Zhou Dynasty's Chang'an Intelligence Agency, believing that this was the Zhou Dynasty assassination of Li Gaoqian.

Although this evidence is a bit far-fetched, Xuanwu Jingwei has issued a ban order, strictly prohibiting Chang'an scholars from discussing the current situation. Therefore, although Chang'an was tortured and chaotic, no one dared to talk about this matter publicly.

However, this time the ban is much gentler than the previous suspicion order. Xuanwu Jingwei no longer arrests people randomly. As long as he does not discuss the current situation, there will be basically no problem. The shopkeepers of each restaurant will repeatedly remind the drinkers not to discuss the current situation. Our store did not arrest him.

But since Li Gaoqian was killed, the search of Chang'an Intelligence Agency in the past two days has begun to have a high-pressure and terrifying atmosphere. It was already late at night, and a group of soldiers were still searching door to door. Any young men from other places at home would be taken away for investigation. In just two days, thousands of people have been taken away, all concentrated in the military camp for detailed review.

It was already very late at night, and the various restaurants finally finished their business for the day and began to close one after another. In the "Huashanke" restaurant, the bartenders sent away the last guest and hung up the closed sign. Dozens of bartenders were busy cleaning the restaurant.

The shopkeeper Lu Ping sat on the counter, looking quite worried. The restaurant was just his cover. They were the headquarters of the Chang'an Intelligence Agency. Lu Ping received an emergency order from Zhongdu today, asking him to report the details of Li Yuanji's launch of the palace coup at any time. He was also actively searching for information today, one palace and the other King of Chu's mansion. These two places are the largest sources of intelligence.

But so far, he had not received any further news, at this time, a bartender ran towards him and whispered: "General, the man is coming from the back door."

"Take him here"

Before Lu Ping finished speaking, he saw a team of soldiers coming here outside. He hurriedly said to the bartender: "Take him to the secret room and hide it."

The bartender ran away. After a moment, the door of the restaurant was pushed open, and a team of Xuanwu Jinggu soldiers came in. A bartender rushed forward, "Dear soldiers, the shop has been closed!"

The head captain pushed him away and shouted, "I'm ordered to search! Where are your shopkeepers?"

Lu Ping walked forward calmly, clasped his fists and said, "I'm the shopkeeper Lu Tong, what's the point of asking the military man?"

"I just said, I'm ordered to search!"

"But this is a wine shop opened by the King of Huaiyang, that is, the general of supernatural powers. Do you even need to search his wine shop?"

"There is an order on it. No matter who the store is searched, we know that this is General Li's restaurant, so we are polite to tell you, please cooperate with us in the performance of official duties."

Lu Ping turned around and ordered the bartender: "Let everyone gather in the lobby immediately, the military man is going to search."

Several bartenders walked away quickly, and Lu Ping smiled at the head captain and said, "Mr. Please sit for a while, I'll gather people together."

Soon, dozens of bartenders and chefs gathered in the lobby, and the captain waved his hand and said, "Search!"

More than a dozen Xuanwu Jinggu soldiers ran upstairs and backyards, but the captain looked at the bartender one by one. He turned around and said, "Shopkeeper Lu, many of your bartenders here seem to be not locals!"

"Although they are not from this city, they are all from Guanzhong. They are not just here. Everyone has been in Chang'an for at least two years."

As he said that, Lu Ping quickly stuffed a ingot of gold into the captain's hand. The captain weighed it and had at least ten taels. He was not polite and put it directly into his arms and smiled: "I heard that Manager Lu can be a good person for a long time. I saw him today, it was indeed good. But I didn't want to make things difficult for Manager Lu, but the above regulations were not to arrest all young men from other places in Chang'an City, so I advise Manager Lu to not go home tonight and stay in the restaurant! It's not safe on the way."

"Thank you for your reminder, General, I know what to do."

At this time, more than a dozen soldiers came back and reported: "You reported to the captain, there was nothing abnormal."

"Put it and leave!"

Two soldiers posted a "checked" note on the gate, and a group of soldiers immediately followed the captain and left.

Lu Ping immediately asked his subordinates to lock the door and quickly walked into the backyard. He pushed open a door with an oil lamp. The room was pitch black and filled with all kinds of debris. Lu Ping walked all the way to the inside. There was a big cabinet full of rags. He fumbled under his feet, pulled a switch, and gently pushed it, and the big cabinet slid to one side. A door appeared on the wall. He pushed open the door and there was a secret room inside. At this time, the secret room was brightly lit. A man in black was sitting, which was Zhao Dezhong, the chief eunuch of the imperial study.

Although Zhao Dezhong was bribed by Li Yuanji, he was also an informant of the Chang'an Intelligence Agency in Tai Chi Palace. In the past, Zhao Dezhong had no chance to meet Lu Ping, and he didn't know where the headquarters of the Intelligence Agency was?

But in recent days, he has stopped shying away. Even if he gives him a hundred courage, he will not dare to betray the Chang'an Intelligence Agency. The time has come to this point, and it is too late for him to curry favor with the Intelligence Agency.

Today, Zhao Dezhong was resting. He went out of the palace to report important information to Lu Ping, but he was not lucky and happened to meet patrol soldiers who came to search.

When Zhao Dezhong saw Lu Ping coming in, he quickly stood up. Lu Ping waved his hand and smiled, "Eunuch Zhao, don't be nervous. The person has left, please sit down!"

Zhao Dezhong sat down and said with a feeling: "I didn't expect that Li Yuanji would not even give Li Shentong's face, and even his tavern was going to search."

"This is normal. Li Shentong is no longer in Chang'an. Li Yuanji doesn't want to buy his account anymore. It is in line with Li Yuanji's usual style. However, it doesn't make sense to say this now. Eunuch Zhao should talk about information!"

"The emperor fell ill today."

"Why?"

Zhao Dezhong smiled bitterly and said, "Last night, the emperor stayed at Yin Defei's bedroom. He accidentally caught a cold and indulged in excessive lust. His body could not hold back. He didn't come to the imperial study today, so I had nothing to do."

Lu Ping's reaction was extremely keen. He thought about it and secretly called out that it was not good. This must have deliberately made Li Yuan feel sick and created opportunities for the imperial doctor.

"Have the imperial doctor been here?"

"Of course I've been here. I heard that it was determined to be a cold wind. Just take care of yourself and prescribe a few doses of medicine."

Lu Ping walked a few steps behind his hands and sneered, "Did the emperor's condition worsen again at night?"

"That's true! Before I came out, I heard that I went to Doctor Xuan urgently again, and it seemed that the Lord's condition had worsened."

Lu Ping basically understood Li Yuanji's routine of this palace coup. Although it was a bit despicable, it was indeed very effective. Military Secretary Fang said that Cui Wenxiang was an extremely cunning and cruel person, and he was not wrong at all. Without this person's plan, Li Yuanji would not dare to think about the battle for the throne even if he had dreamed.

Lu Ping smiled faintly and said, "Eunuch Zhao seems to have to go to the Chu Prince's Mansion."

"That's right! If the general has any arrangements, I can also implement them."

The emperor's decree to Lu Ping was to try his best to promote the success of Li Yuanji's coup, but apart from the last prophecy and Ruizhao helped him a little, he really had no idea how to start. However, he could use Zhao Dezhong's mouth to remind Li Yuanji to avoid making mistakes in his busy life.

Lu Ping pondered for a moment and said to Zhao Dezhong: "Tell Li Yuanji that he is most afraid of the kindness of women when seizing imperial power. Since he has done it, he must do it to the end, but he must also pay attention to the rhythm. He will be the regent first, and after he gets loyal to Li Shentong, he will immediately ascend the throne to the emperor, and let the emperor abdicate as the emperor on the grounds of serious illness. He should not expect the King of Qin to admit that once the rice is mature, all officials and the army will have no choice."

"I understand what the general means, I will go to the Chu Prince's Mansion now!"

[A mistake was discovered. Li Shentong's general Shi Wanbao Laogao had already written that he died in Hedong City, so the person who appeared at the post station to arrest Li Jiancheng should be Shi Wanbao's younger brother Shi Wance. Please correct it.]
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