The New Year's Day is just a ceremony. The emperor first summarized the previous year, and then explained the outlook for the new year. Finally, he went to the banquet and invited all officials to dinner.

It was almost noon when Li Yan came out of the palace. He met a group of military generals and was really drunk. Even if Zhao Gou didn't invite him to have tea, he would still find a teahouse to have a cup of hot tea to relieve the wine.

Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and most of the taverns and shops have closed. Panlou Street, which used to be noisy and bustle, has become deserted. Among the hundreds of shops in Panlou Street, only two or three are open for business, and Panlou Teahouse is one of them.

With dozens of steps away from the gate, Li Yanqing saw Liu Zhao, the personal bodyguard of King Kang Zhao Gou. He was a very majestic warrior with great martial arts skills and great strength. He was loyal to Zhao Gou.

Seeing Li Yanqing coming, Liu Zhao stepped forward and bowed, "Your Highness is waiting in the second floor Baihe Hall, please ask the officials to go up directly."

"Thank you!"

Li Yanqing quickly walked into the teahouse. There were no guests in the teahouse, and only two or three people sat in the lobby. Li Yanqing went directly to the second floor and came to Baihe Hall. A guard opened the door for him, "Your Highness is waiting, please ask me!"

Baihetang is a suite, divided into two rooms inside and outside. There should be tea maids in the outer room, but there is no one at all. Li Yanqing walked into the inner room and saw Zhao Gou wearing a white robe standing in front of the window with his hands behind his back, and the tea prostitute and Le Ji were nowhere to be seen.

"Please sit there!"

Zhao Gou's voice was very low, "So I have abandoned all the idle people, and there is no one next door."

Li Yanqing was even more confused. What secret Zhao Gouxiang had to talk to him? He really couldn't imagine it, so he simply didn't think about it and poured himself a cup of hot tea.

At this time, Zhao Gou smiled faintly and said, "Did you meet Princess Maode a few days ago?"

"To be precise, I met her. At Baoyanzhai, Beizhi 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 when he said this. He forced himself to pinch himself with a princess, which was a little too stiff, and his intention was too obvious. It was probably because Zhao Gou looked for him today to have something to do with this princess.

Li Yanqing did not speak, but looked at Zhao Gou quietly. Zhao Gou thought that Li Yanqing would follow the pole to ask about the Emperor, so he could trap Li Yanqing step by step. However, Li Yanqing did not say a word, which made him feel like he was hitting the empty place with one punch, and he felt a little disappointed.

But Zhao Gou is not an ordinary person after all. Since Li Yanqing refused to accept it tactfully, he could only push forward directly.

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

Li Yanqing shook his hand slightly, and a few drops of tea fell on the table, which really made Li Yanqing unexpectedly, Zhao Gou spoke up and wanted to kill someone himself.

"I wonder who your highness wants to kill?" Li Yanqing asked calmly.

"Don't worry about who you want to kill. I'll just ask you, do it or not?"

Obviously, this is Zhao Gou who wants to express his own opinion. Li Yanqing is very clear that once he refuses, he will lose Zhao Gou's trust forever. Although it is a bit risky to promise, 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 admiration and said slowly: "I want you to help me kill Cai Yan!"

Li Yanqing was stunned. He thought about it and immediately asked, "Is Cai Huang not yet become the prince consort?"

"It's almost there, there are more than twenty days left!"

Zhao Gou's eyes suddenly became sharp again, "Since my sister learned that she was going to marry Cai Hua three months ago, she cried every day. I will never allow my sister to marry a man she doesn't like, which will ruin her lifelong happiness. Since the Cai family is ungrateful and insists on forcing my sister to marry, don't blame me Zhao Gou for being ruthless."

"Does Your Highness have a plan?"

Zhao Gou nodded, "Cai Yan would go to Qingfenglou with a few friends to have tea every noon. I planned to poison the tea, but the risk was too great. It would be better to cause an accident to kill him, but I don't have the ability, so I have to turn to you."

Li Yanqing is no longer the impulsive boy of the past, otherwise he would have killed Tong Yansi for Master Zhong to avenge Zhong Lin.

The officialdom has its own rules, especially this kind of killing offspring is a taboo in the officialdom. You can assassinate other people's children, and others will also kill your children. So when Zhao Gou proposed to kill Cai Yan for him, Li Yanqing did not immediately make a statement, but lowered his head and pondered for a while. He also needed to weigh the pros and cons. Whether this matter is worth taking the risk or what method to do it, he must consider it well.

Zhao Gou did not force Li Yanqing to reply immediately, and if things were easy to do, he would not ask Li Yanqing for help.

Li Yanqing said for a moment: "After the New Year, your highness will find an opportunity to enjoy the snow! Call Prince Cao and finally ask Prince Cao to find a channel to reveal something, so that Cai Yan knows about this matter, I believe he will definitely ask to go on his own initiative."

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

He pondered for a moment and asked, "What time do you think is the first suitable?"

"I left Jingcheng and Jingzhao on the sixth day of the first lunar month, and the sixth day of the first lunar month is the best time."

After pausing, Li Yanqing asked again: "In addition, I want to know, how many insiders are there in this matter?"

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

On the way home, Li Yanqing repeatedly thought about this matter. Zhao Gou was young and energetic, and did not want his sister to be wronged and wanted to kill Cai Yan. Li Yanqing was understandable.

But why did Zhao Gou find his help? Li Yanqing thinks this is the key. Just relying on Zhao Gou's confidant guard Liu Zhao's martial arts is enough to go to the Cai family in a dark way, and the consequences can be completely eliminated with just one knife.

In order to win over himself, Li Yanqing knew that as long as he did this, he would tie it to Zhao Gou to a rope. Coupled with Zhao Gou’s previous hint of fighting for the throne, Li Yanqing was basically sure that Zhao Gou really wanted to turn himself into his confidant through this matter. As for the lies that Emperor Ji was obsessed with, he just wanted to make himself willingly put his head into his neck.

He is worthy of being Emperor Gaozong of Song in history. He was only seventeen years old and would have been so skillful. However, everything has two sides. If it weren't for Zhao Gou looking for him, but Zhao Kai, he, Li Yanqing, would have never agreed. He had already been caught by Liang Shicheng at that time. If he was caught by someone for assassinating Cai Jing's son, life would be difficult.

But Li Yanqing disagreed this time. Cai Jing's good life has not been many years, so he doesn't have to be afraid of him anymore. But if he didn't take advantage of this opportunity to closely stand with Emperor Gaozong of Song later, he would probably regret it in the future.

This is called interest binding. Through this matter, Zhao Gou and himself are tied together.

Li Yanqing only had twenty days to visit relatives this time, and it would take at least ten days on the way. Li Yanqing could only stay in the capital for up to ten days, and he didn't have much time left.

"Where is Mr. Mo's opinion?" In the study, Li Yanqing asked Mo Jun, who had been thinking and silent.

Mo Jun's talent is not just good at military affairs. Li Yanqing knew that he had another talent, that is, conspiracy. When Jiang Dadao was able to gain a foothold in Tangyin County, it was Mo Jun who gave him advice.

Mo Jun did not refuse. He began to ponder after hearing Zhao Gou's thoughts.

In addition to Mo Jun, Yan Qing and Zhang Ying were also there in the room. Both of them were Li Yanqing's extremely trusted confidants. Mo Jun had an idea and needed them to execute.

Mo Jun shook his head, "It is inappropriate to create an accident. First, it is easy to be discovered. Secondly, the effect is not good. The snow outside is too deep, and even if it falls into the valley, it may not die. It will be difficult to take a second action at that time."

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

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

Mo Jun smiled slightly, "Does the official still remember how Yu County Magistrate of Tangyin County died?"

Li Yanqing suddenly woke up. Tangyin County Magistrate Yu Cheng was bitten by a highly poisonous silver ring snake when he joined the Spring Festival ten years ago. He died of poisoning soon after. This is a good idea.

However, Li Yanqing frowned and said, "It's winter now, snakes are dormant, so where are there poisonous snakes?"

Mo Jun smiled and said, "Although it's winter, if it's in a warm place, such as in a carriage, a snake will wake up. The key is that some details must be handled well."

"What details, for example?"

"For example, when everyone went up the mountain to enjoy the snow, they found a frozen silver ring snake, but no one cared about it. Then when a poisonous snake swam out of Cai Hua's carriage, wouldn't the source of the poisonous snake be there? He secretly hid the poisonous snake, but was bitten by the snake instead."

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

"Okay! I'll leave this to you and Yan Qing, and Yan Qing will do the snake release."
Chapter completed!