While Qin He was busy, another group of people was also busy.

Liu Mansion.

At night.

The huge Liu Mansion only had two or three dim lights, making it appear quiet and deep.

"Squeak~"

The door to the side hall slowly opened.

A man in a black burqa stepped in, and the door creaked slowly shut.

In the side hall, more than ten people held their breath in silence.

"Everyone, I've been waiting for a long time." The man in black robe slowly lowered his hat, his voice was slightly hoarse.

This is a tall and thin middle-aged man with an unusually broad back, rat-tailed braid, deep eye sockets, and his hands hanging down past his knees.

In the deep eye sockets, the dark eyes danced like will-o'-the-wisps.

Liu Changan stood at the front of more than ten people. When he saw the person clearly, his pupils suddenly shrank into pinholes. He swung his sleeves like an electric shock and knelt down and said: "My servant Liu Changan has met Lord Aqina. Please ask me, Wang Sheng'an."

When Liu Changan knelt down, the other ten or so people were moved and knelt down one after another: "I have seen Master Aqina and asked me, Wang Sheng'an."

Aqina cupped his hands toward the north and said slowly: "Holy Holy Gong, please get up and speak."

"Thank you, sir." Everyone stood up one after another.

Liu Changan glanced at Gantuji at the door, and said hurriedly: "I don't know that Lord Aqina went south, and I failed to come out to greet him. I deserve death."

Yesterday, Gantuji suddenly came to the door and asked him to summon all the spies lurking in the officialdom of Manjing and with the qualifications of the great dynasty. He said that a big shot would come from the north with important tasks.

Liu Changan did not dare to neglect and called people to wait on time.

I silently guessed in my heart who the big shot coming would be.

The current situation has developed to this day, and people with similar strength to Anbagu and Erma have become somewhat unable to suppress the situation. Because of Shen Lian of Feiyu Guard, Tu Baishou broke through to the level of external strength almost at the same time, although the level is not the same.

High, but he is a master of external strength after all.

Under King Di's command, there are only four masters of external strength who are rare.

However, there are more than a dozen foreign power masters from the four major immortal families, grassland tribes and some foreign forces who are attached to King Di.

Maybe it's one of them.

The masters of external strength under King Di are all independent, and it is unlikely that they will venture into Manjing alone. Otherwise, losing one of them will be a serious injury.

Brother Aqi is a lesson learned from the past.

But Liu Changan never expected that the one who came was not only one of the four great foreign powers under King Di, but also the strongest among them - the Eight Shadow Commanders, Zuo Duhou, and Lord Aqina.

There were rumors five years ago that his strength had reached the fifth level.

Gantuji knew that the person coming was Aqina, but he did not reveal anything about it.

"My commander's move south was an impromptu decision, and I don't blame you." Aqina said in a gentle tone.

"Thank you for your forgiveness, sir." Liu Changan breathed a sigh of relief.

Listen to the words and listen to the sound, listen to the sound and listen to the breath.

Previously, the Eight Shadows suffered a series of defeats in Manjing, losing troops and generals. Liu Changan was uneasy, fearing that Aqina would be blamed and he would die without a burial place.

Aqina's words were a reassurance for him.

After everyone exchanged a few words, Aqina got down to the topic: "The Li Dynasty has lost its virtue, and wars have devastated people for many years. My king has inherited the holy virtues of heaven, and his intention to go south to aspire to the throne is as solid as a rock. You should work together and there should be no doubts."

When the more than ten people in the room heard this, their faces showed excitement.

Last year, Brother Aqi suffered a disastrous defeat when he entered the customs. King Di had no choice but to withdraw his troops. In winter, he suffered another white disaster, and countless cattle, sheep, humans and animals froze to death.

Until midsummer, there was no definite news from the north.

Everyone couldn't help but start to worry that King Di had given up his plan to enter the pass and replace Dali.

After all, it was not a simple matter for foreign tribes to enter Guan and establish a dynasty. It also took decades for the Rong tribe in its heyday to move south.

As a Han spy, if King Di does not enter the pass, they will not have peace of mind.

Only when King Di entered the Guan Dynasty and established the dynasty, could they truly enjoy the glory and wealth with peace of mind.

Aqina's words gave them a shot in the arm.

"God bless Dadi!"

Liu Changan clenched his fists and looked excited.

"God bless Dadi!"

"God bless Dadi, my king Shenwu!"

"..."

The rest of the people also agreed.

Aqina glanced at everyone with his will-o'-the-wisp gaze, nodded with satisfaction, and said: "I am determined to cut off Li Ting's arm this time I go south, and I need your help."

"Lord Aqina, please make it clear that we are willing to go through fire and water, no matter what." Liu Changan said, cupping his fists.

"Very good, you can show your courage." Aqina praised, and then slowly revealed the purpose of this trip: "Li Ting is swaying but weak but not falling, because the treasury still has food and salary support. If we can cut off its food and salary,

It's like cutting off an arm and drawing fuel from the bottom of the cauldron."

Liu Changan's eyes lit up slightly and he said, "Is your Excellency referring to Wei Zhongliang?"

Wei Zhongliang, an old dog, relied on the imperial power to stir up trouble both inside and outside the court. He was in the same situation as the Donglin Party. He fought countless battles, big and small. The eunuchs who relied on him were not many, but they took advantage of them.

, suffer less.

Arrogant and domineering, he is so bad that he oozes pus, but he has one specialty that cannot be ignored.

Just searching for money and food.

In recent years, Dali has been guarding the border and quelling the chaos. It has used troops year after year. All the food and salary consumed by Dali were collected by Wei Zhongliang from the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River.

Mining tax, commercial tax, boat tax, salt and iron tax, carriage tax, customs tax from various places, banditry tax... There are so many types of taxes, more and more tax inspectors, grain supervision teams, and salary supervision teams are sent out.

Groups of eunuchs were sent to the south, and shiploads of food and wages were transported to the capital through the Grand Canal, trying to maintain the shaky rule of the Li Dynasty.

Those tax supervisors were tyrannical in the south and would confiscate homes and exterminate clans if they disobeyed the slightest, but they could indeed get food and salary, and at the same time they were completely at odds with the Donglin Party.

The two sides are at odds with each other and cannot be reconciled.

"That's right, it's Wei Zhongliang."

Aqina looked at Liu Changan with satisfaction and said: "Wei Zhongliang's eunuchs are on the same level as the Donglin scholars. Wei Zhongliang is another old dog who has expired. He is being suspected by the new emperor. Now is the time to get rid of him."

Good time.”

"As soon as Wei Zhongliang dies, Donglin will definitely take advantage of the victory to hunt down the eunuchs and root them out. By then, with the urinary behavior of Donglin's gang, Li Ting will never get another cent of silver or a grain of grain from Jiangnan.

.”

Liu Changan's heart was filled with excitement when he heard this. In fact, he was already trying to implement Aqina's plan.

He had arranged the memorial to impeach Wei Zhong's confidant Tian Ergen a few days ago, but he did not dare to use too much force and could only hide behind the Donglin Party and make insidious remarks.

"Lord Aqina is shining brightly, so that we can suddenly become enlightened."

Liu Changan looked flattering and complimented, and said: "A few days ago, Yang Suoxiu and Yang Weiyuan attacked Cui Chengxiu, the leader of the Five Tigers of the Eunuch Party, with fierce words. However, Emperor Li stayed silent and did not issue an edict to reprimand him, fearing that he would be moved.

With murderous intent."

"Yes." Aqina nodded and said coldly: "We need to add fire now. Donglin has been suppressed by the eunuchs for too long. They are too timid and timid. If they delay for a long time, the nights will be long and the dreams will be long. We must cut the knot quickly.

Before Emperor Li understands the situation, get rid of Wei Zhongliang and his eunuchs."

"I understand." Liu Changan nodded heavily.

Afterwards, the candlelight flickered and everyone conspired for a long time before they dispersed.
Chapter completed!