Although Yang Zhao was so tired that he couldn't straighten his back, looking at Yang Yurou's rosy face, he was still very happy. Being able to make his Third Sister's face so rosy was all thanks to him. It showed that he was very capable.
"You're really useless. It's only been one night and you're already so tired. If I stayed for a few more days, would you still be able to get out of bed?"
Yang Yurou's face was full of ridicule. She had played with many of the Tang dynasty's nobles. Even the emperor of the Tang dynasty, Li Longji, had secretly made peace with her. She wasn't boasting, but in the entire Tang dynasty, there really wasn't anyone who could completely conquer her. They were all defeated on her bed.
"Third sister is a natural beauty. Big brother sincerely admits defeat. However, what do you think of Assistant Minister Li's new underwear?"
Yang Zhao's eyes were shining brightly. It was obvious that he was completely optimistic about this underwear business.
"You don't say, this Assistant Minister Li is really capable. He can actually invent such charming women's clothing. Yesterday, when I saw your wretched eyes, I knew that this thing would definitely sell well in the future."
Yang Yurou said as she picked up a few pieces of underwear. She said domineeringly, "These are all mine. I'll find a chance to wear them for His Majesty to see."
"Third sister, you … … if the imperial concubine finds out, it'll be terrible."
Yang Zhao was so scared that he almost fell to the ground. When the imperial concubine was jealous, it was very scary. What if she was chased out by the emperor twice?
"Look at you. We're sisters. It's not a big deal even if it's discovered. Moreover, I don't want status and won't fight for favor with you."
Yang Yurou smiled faintly. She didn't think it was a big deal.
"His Majesty is being watched so closely by the imperial concubine. It won't be easy to find a chance! Also, what will catch His Majesty's eye? "
Yang Zhao ridiculed.
"Ha! Which smelly man doesn't cheat? His Majesty spends all day with fourth sister. No matter what, he'll want to eat some wild vegetables! Little sister only needs to look at him and His Majesty's heart will sway. "
Yang Yurou's face was full of pride. She was very confident in her ability to seduce people.
"It's true."
"Why would I lie to you? If it wasn't for the fact that little sister can't stand the palace rules and fourth sister's jealousy, I would already be His Majesty's favorite concubine."
Yang Yurou showed off again.
"That's right, that's right. I'm afraid that few people in the entire Tang dynasty can compare to Third Younger Sister's coquettish aura. Fortunately, Third Younger Sister is not His Majesty's favorite concubine. Otherwise, His Majesty would be lying on the dragon bed all day long, unable to get out of bed."
Yang Zhao said as he rubbed his aching waist.
"Go away, His Majesty is as vigorous as a dragon and ferocious as a tiger. He's not as useless as you. Silver wax-tipped spear. "
"Hey, Third Sister, who are you talking about?"
"What about you? If you're not convinced, come and fight me. "
The two of them started flirting early in the morning.
"Alang, Alang."
"Has Alang gotten up yet?"
The housekeeper of the Yang Mansion shouted loudly.
"What are you arguing about? Get lost."
Yang Zhao hated it when his subordinates yelled at him.
"Alang, there's a lead on the train derailment case."
The servants did not dare to act rashly. Such a big matter naturally had to be reported as soon as possible.
"Got it. Leave."
Yang Zhao scolded the servants and left. He looked at Yang Yurou and said, "Third Sister, there's a lead on His Majesty's assassination case. I have to go take a look. About the underwear?"
Yang Yurou did not hesitate and said, "Since this is Assistant Minister Li's good intention, we'll accept it. Leave it to me. You can go work on His Majesty's assassination case."
"Okay, let's do that."
Yang Zhao left his mansion and went to the yamen.
"Yang Mansion, there's a lead on the case."
"What lead? Tell me quickly."
Yang Zhao asked impatiently.
"Yang Mansion, we've followed your instructions and spread the net to all the medical centers and pharmacies in and out of the capital. We've found suspicious people. They sneakily grabbed medicine and then sneakily left."
The servant reported.
"Oh, the fox's tail has finally shown. We've found their nest."
Yang Zhao asked anxiously.
"We've found them, we've found them. Our men secretly followed them and found the nest of these bandits. Yang Mansion, do you want to immediately send out troops and wipe out these brazen assassins?"
The servant excitedly introduced. As long as they could catch these fleeing assassins, they would have done a great service.
"No rush, no rush. Send people to keep a close eye on them and see who they're in contact with. We have to dig out the mastermind behind this."
Yang Zhao seriously ordered.
"Yang Mansion, I heard that there's someone in our dynasty who's in cahoots with the assassins. You want to find out who the traitor is, right?"
"Investigate properly and don't talk too much. Also, don't leak this information out to avoid alerting the enemy. Go on!"
Yang Zhao glared at the servant, telling him to do this job well.
He didn't want too many people to know about this development in case the hidden traitor knew about it. If so, it wouldn't be good for him to continue investigating.
In the emperor's bedroom, Li Longji frowned and sank into deep thought. Although he had already handed the investigation of the assassins to Yang Zhao, there were many things that he had to think about personally. For example, the traitor. If the traitor was his son, how should he deal with it? If the traitor was his most trusted minister, how should he deal with it? Most importantly, how many people were opposing him behind his back.
If the opposing force was too strong, how should he deal with it? These were all things that he had to think about.
"After I was assassinated, Eighteenth Wang hasn't come to see me. It seems like he has resentment in his heart."
Li Longji muttered to himself.
"Everyone, Prince Shou is now devoted to Buddhism. He shouldn't have any resentment in his heart."
Gao Lishi persuaded from the side.
"That might not be the case. I did something that made him feel wronged. At the very least, he would feel uncomfortable in his heart. I hope that after so many years, he can let it go. "
Li Longji said.
"Everyone, Yang Taifu requests an audience."
A young eunuch entered the bedroom and asked.
"It seems like there's some progress in the investigation of the assassins. Let him in."
Li Longji was very happy. He wanted to know how far the investigation had progressed.
"Your Majesty."
"How's the investigation going? We've found the escaped assassins."
Yang Zhao said, "Your Majesty, we've found the hiding place of these assassins. However, I don't intend to arrest them yet."
"You mean to cast a long line to catch a big fish and find out the person behind these assassins?"
"Your Majesty is wise. I've already placed many spies in the hiding place of the assassins. Their every move will be under our surveillance. I believe that we'll find something soon."
Yang Zhao said confidently.
Li Longji nodded his head. "Well done, very well done. You have to be steady. A few insignificant assassins are nothing to worry about. The people in the court who are colluding with the assassins are the most frightening."
"Yes, Your Majesty. I understand."
"Well, you may leave."
After Yang Zhao left the bedroom, Li Longji began to think again. He carefully sorted out his thoughts and tried to figure out who betrayed him.
In a private house in the capital, dozens of assassins and Tashi Zan were discussing countermeasures. They deliberately exposed their whereabouts and let the Tang dynasty's government runners follow them.
The reason why they deliberately exposed themselves was to frame the princes of the Tang dynasty and let the Tang Empire have internal strife. Thus, they could weaken the rule of the Tang Empire and gradually achieve their goal of restoring the country.
"Leader, we've already gone to various pharmacies in the capital to get medicine as you ordered. The people of the Tang dynasty also have their eyes on us. Now, there are spies all around our house. What should we do next?"
An assassin asked in a low voice.
Tashi Zan looked happy and said seriously, "You've done a good job. The assassination of the emperor of the Tang dynasty has failed. It will be more difficult to assassinate him in the future. Therefore, it's difficult to assassinate him. If we want to achieve the goal of restoring the country, we must provoke internal strife in the Tang Empire and let the emperor of the Tang dynasty and his sons kill each other to consume the strength of the Tang dynasty."
"What should we do?"
Tashi Zan smiled slyly and said, "The residence of the Tenth Lord is not far away. The son of the emperor of the Tang dynasty lives there. From tomorrow on, you must dress up as farmers and sell fresh and cheap vegetables to the mansions of the lords. If you can enter the mansions, you must stay there for a while."
"Yes, we understand."
All the assassins understood tacitly.
This strategy was very vicious. Tashi Zan asked his assassins, who had exposed their whereabouts, to sell vegetables in the mansions of the lords. It seemed that there was no big problem. However, if Emperor Li Longji knew about it, he would definitely be suspicious. He would suspect that his son was colluding with the assassins and thus achieve the fixed goal of disrupting the political situation of the Tang dynasty.
These assassins split up and acted separately. They disguised themselves as food delivery vendors and walked towards the residences of the Ten Kings. They also knocked on the side and back doors of these residences. After all, the main entrance was not for ordinary people. Only people of high status could enter through the main entrance. The side and back doors did not have such rules. In addition, secret interactions were usually done through the side and back doors.
When they set off, these disguised assassins kept a close eye on their surroundings. Of course, this was all for the sake of the person following them. It was to confuse Yang Zhao and sow discord between the two of them.
At the back door of Prince Qing's residence, an assassin looked around for a long time. Then, he put down the vegetables he was carrying and knocked on the back door.
"What are you doing?"
The servant of Prince Qing's residence opened the back door. He looked at the assassin who knocked on the door with a puzzled expression and habitually looked around.
"Fresh vegetables. The price is cheap. Only 30 copper coins."
"Ha! There are so many good vegetables and you only charge 50 copper coins. Aren't you making a big loss? "
The servant looked at the assassin suspiciously and looked around again. He felt that the person in front of him was somewhat unreliable. How could there be a loss in business in this world?
"They are all grown by my family. There is nothing to lose."
"If you don't tell us the truth, we don't dare to accept these vegetables."
The assassin smiled honestly and explained, "I'll tell you the truth! Yesterday, the people of Prince Shou's residence told me to deliver the vegetables for 100 copper coins. However, when I went there just now, they suddenly did not buy it. They insisted that it was only 50 copper coins and nothing more. I was so angry that I did not sell it. However, if I brought it back from so far away, it would definitely be ruined. I thought that it would be better to sell it to Prince Qing's residence! "
"Haha! So that's how it is! The servants of Prince Shou's residence are indeed not much. Quickly, bring them in! "
The servant's face was filled with joy. There were so many good vegetables worth at least 100 copper coins. He only needed to spend 50 copper coins. In this way, he could be a little greedy and make a small fortune. Why wouldn't he do it?
The assassin brought the green vegetables into the back kitchen of the Prince of Qing's residence. After receiving fifty copper coins for the vegetables, he pulled the servants of the Prince of Qing's residence over and chatted for a while. The servants of the Prince of Qing's residence had made a small fortune and were willing to chat with this fake farmer for a while. They also inquired about the market for the green vegetables.
Similar to Prince Qing's residence, the other five residences also encountered the same situation. They all used the same method of giving the servants a small profit. Thus, they successfully infiltrated the residences and stayed there for almost an hour.
The actions of these assassins were naturally under the eyes of the bailiffs sent by Yang Zhao. They saw everything clearly and immediately returned to report it.
"Yang Mansion, the assassin has made a move."
The petty official excitedly came to report.
"What is it? Speak quickly."
Yang Zhao asked anxiously.
"Yang Mansion, our men saw these assassins sneaking into the residences of the Ten Princes and entering the residences from the back door."
"What? They actually went to the residences of the Ten Princes? This is no small matter. We can't make a mistake!"
Yang Zhao's face was solemn. This matter involved the princes of the Tang dynasty. It was definitely not a joke. He had to be extremely careful.
"Yang Mansion, our men saw it clearly. There were six assassins disguised as vegetable farmers. They carried vegetables and entered the residences from the back door. They only came out after a long time. It was about an hour!"
The petty official answered seriously.
"An hour? It was actually that long? No matter how big the residences are, a trip to the kitchen and back shouldn't take an hour! There is indeed a problem here. "
Yang Zhao was so shocked that his heart almost jumped out. The assassins were actually related to the various princes. This was no small matter. If it was confirmed, these princes would lose their lives.
"Which residences belong to?"
Yang Zhao asked.
"Prince Qing, Prince Yong, Prince Yan, Prince Sheng, Prince Xin, and Prince Chen. Yes, it's these six princes' residences."
The petty official said with certainty.
"Could it be that Prince Qing and the others are really colluding with the assassins? This is no small matter!"
Yang Zhao felt a chill in his heart.
"Yang Mansion, this matter has too many implications. It must be handled carefully!"
The petty official naturally understood the importance of this matter.
Yang Zhao nodded repeatedly and said sternly, "This matter must not be leaked out. Don't tell anyone. Those who disobey will be severely punished."
"Yes, yes, yes. I will not reveal a single word."
"Alright, continue monitoring. In addition to monitoring the assassins' nest, you also need to monitor the residences of Prince Qing."
"Yang Mansion, the Residence of the Tenth Lord is not an ordinary place. Without His Majesty's decree, I'm afraid we can't monitor it casually. It will be troublesome if we have a conflict with His Majesty's men."
The petty official knew that Li Longji's eyes were near the Residence of the Tenth Lord, so he did not dare to act rashly. This time, the bailiffs who followed them all felt that they were being monitored nearby. These surveillance eyes were naturally placed by Li Longji in the Residence of the Tenth Lord. They could not only monitor them but also secretly protect them. It was killing two birds with one stone.
"You're right. I'll go to the palace to meet His Majesty now."
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