Chapter 454 Chapter 457
Xu Ziling shook his head and said, "Because of Li Shimin's severe setback in Cijian, you have underestimated yourself, and even underestimated your future father-in-law 'Heavenly Sword' Song Que. As long as you can hold on to the situation, once Song Que leads the southern army northward The situation in the world will be reversed, and it will no longer be a one-sided situation where the Li Clan dominates."

Shen Mu was stunned and said, "Song Que actually came to help me."

Xu Ziling said: "This matter is absolutely true, it was Shen Luoyan and Li Shimin who told me that Song Que is gathering the Liao troops of all ethnic groups in Lingnan for training, if you take a boat from Lingnan to the north, you can arrive in about a month .”

Shen Mu half-believingly said: "Then why didn't the old man come to rescue me immediately?"

Xu Ziling said: "After the army is assembled, it will take at least three months for training. Including the boat journey, it will take more than four months. Therefore, the fastest time for the Lingnan army to come to rescue you will be realized in October, but Song Que is a master in military affairs, and he will never go north at that time."

Shen Mu lost his voice: "Why do you have to delay? At that time, I, Shen Mu, may have to rely on you to get back the remains from Li Xiaozi, so that they can be buried next to my mother's tomb."

Xu Ziling sighed: "Young Master Zhong, if you care about it, you will be in chaos. When the southerners fight the northern war, they must first overcome the water and soil problems. The severe winter in the north begins in October. In the cold weather, the southern soldiers who are not tolerant to the wind, snow and bitter cold are bound to lose their combat power." Great reduction, with Song Que's wisdom, how can he endure until the spring is warm and the flowers bloom, and he will not inform you of this plan until then."

Shen Mu gasped and said, "Would it be a long time to endure nine months?"

Xu Ziling said: "That depends on how long Luoyang can defend. I am willing to help you take Jiangdu. It is not a reckless remark that was moved for a while, but a decision after careful consideration. I don't want to confront Li Shimin, but I don't have this kind of attitude towards Li Zitong." scruples."

Shen Mu stared at him blankly for a while, and said, "Okay! Regardless of whether the ambush of Shi Zhixuan is a success or a failure, as long as I can't die, I will rush back to Pengliang immediately and try my best to subdue Li Zitong."

Xu Ziling said: "I'm very happy that you have regained your fighting spirit, but I don't know whether it's a blessing or a curse. After this incident, I will go to Bashu and meet you in Pengliang."

Shen Mu said: "However, how can we untie the deadlock between Second Brother Song and the owner of the beauty? I am really afraid that Shang Xiuxun will commit himself to Li Jiancheng for the sake of the ranch. That is intolerable to us."

Xu Ziling said: "Let's find an opportunity to have a frank and honest talk with Shang Xiuxun. I hope she will delay until Luoyang falls before making a decision on this."

Shen Mu nodded and said: "This is the best solution, I hope the owner of the beauty really loves Brother Song, then everything will be easy to handle. My two problems seem to be solved. What new problems do you have? ?”

Xu Ziling straightened out what Hu Xiaoxian was worried about, and said, "If it proves that Li Yuan has ulterior motives in stealing the paintings, we must change our plan of stealing the paintings and take even greater risks. Now we combine stealing the paintings and killing Shi Zhixuan. Things are connected together, and if there is a problem in any link, we will not be able to finish eating."

Shen Mu said worriedly: "If Li Yuan dismisses Second Brother Song's idea of ​​authenticating the treasure painting, or waits for a few months before doing so, can't we just wait passively?"

Xu Ziling said affirmatively: "I have a hunch that Li Yuan will invite the second brother into the palace within a few days, because he must be sure that the famous painting in his hand is real and not a fake, otherwise it will be a joke. If the second brother Song is really Wen Jiang, Li Yuan can make him dare not make irresponsible remarks with a single word, so there is no need to wait for the rumors to pass. Hu Xiaoxian is very charming, no wonder Li Yuan is tempted. But whether he wants to be a little fairy or not depends on Mr. Hou To prove it."

Shen Mu became excited, and said: "Tonight, let's explore the mystery of the tunnel to enter the palace, and explore the way inside the palace. Damn it, Yangzhou Shuanglong and Young Master Passionate are here!"

Xu Ziling was not infected by his excitement, and said coldly, "Cao San is here!"

Shen Mu said wrongly: "Cao San?"

Xu Ziling said: "Of course it's Cao San. Let's pretend to be Cao San and take away a national treasure from the Tang Palace. The next time we go to steal the painting, it won't be too sudden, and we won't suspect that Second Brother Song leaked the secret."

Shen Mu frowned and said, "That will make Li Yuan more defensive, and it will be harmful rather than beneficial to us."

Xu Ziling said, "Do you really think there is a difference? In order to guard against Shi Zhixuan, and because of Sha Fang's murder, the palace's vigilance has been raised to the peak. There is no difference at all."

Shen Mu let out a breath and said, "You kid is more daring than me, just like I thought I was a warrior in love, but you are a vanguard in love and my boss in love. Ha! Not only did Cao San not run away, but steal Still sneaking into the palace and treating the Li family as nothing, what kind of reaction will it cause?"

Xu Ziling looked at the sky and said, "Twilight is just a few hours away! Shall we go see Shang Xiuxun?"

Shen Mu said: "My little brother thinks it's easier to talk if you go to see her alone. I'll go to Er Wenhuan and tell him to cancel tonight's bet. This is playing hard to get. Wait for him to make a proposal, such as staying outside Shanglin Garden." Wait, if we don't slip through a few rounds of betting on his mother on the street and so on, we will pretend to be persuaded in the end, because Taihang Shuangjie is not only greedy, but also self-centered."

Xu Ziling said: "At the end of the day, I want to face the beauties alone, and let me take the blame."

Shen Mu patted him on the shoulder and said, "One person, two brothers, this is called teamwork, and it's also called division of labor and cooperation!"

At this moment, the two felt a warning sign, and they both looked at the west-facing window of the bedroom.

Hou Hou stood outside the window like a ghost, just happened to be smiling, staring at the two with bright eyes.

The two were taken aback, and their souls flew out of their wits.

Shen Mu and Xu Ziling's shock was justified, because this was what they were most afraid of.

The last time I went to Chang'an to search for Duke Yang's treasure house, if it was exposed, I could have withdrawn immediately with Gao Zhandao and others, but this trip was extensively involved, and Chen Fu and others who were detained by Rongda were definitely the first to bear the brunt. Liangcai and others are also unavoidable.

And now that Li Yuan is deeply jealous of Li Shimin, maybe Li Jing will also be in trouble, so when they saw Houhou outside the window at this time, they immediately lost their souls.

In this respect, they were very careful and tried their best to cover up, but they were finally spotted by Hou Hou. The worst thing is that they still don't know where the leak is until now?It also reminded that if this could be done by Hou Hou, Shi Zhixuan, who was secretly waiting by his side, could do it himself.

When the scalps of the two were numb and they were speechless, Hou Hou floated in from the window, sat on the end of the bed unceremoniously, and said with spring in the corner of his mouth: "Hello, two lovers! Did your consideration come to fruition?"

Shen Mu was facing her, took a deep breath to relieve the fluctuating emotions, and said in a deep voice, "How did you find out?"

Xu Ziling changed his sitting posture, and shot at Wan Hou with his eyes, thinking that the only solution now is to hope that Wan Wan is the only person who knows about the "Situ Furong Plan", and then they will use all means to kill the injured and kill them. Otherwise, she will be led by the nose in the future.He was sure that Shen Mu had the same thought in his mind, he didn't know if Shen Mu could be ruthless, but he knew that he definitely couldn't.

Wan Houxiang shrugged her shoulders slightly, and said relaxedly: "One hundred secrets are sparse, a wise man will make a mistake if he thinks about it, not to mention that you have already known that you have other plans."

Shen Mu's eyes brightened suddenly, then turned away again, and sighed dejectedly: "It seems that you are not willing to tell us where we missed!"

Complicated emotions welled up in Wan Wanxiu's eyes, she cast a faint glance at Xu Ziling, then turned her eyes back to Shen Mu's face, and said softly: "On the contrary, I didn't intend to say it, but now I changed my mind and decided to immediately remove your doubts." , so that you can feel at ease. Can you trust me? Even if you refuse to help me, Wan Hou will never betray you."

Xu Ziling asked in surprise, "Why did you suddenly change your mind?"

Wan Hou cast her eyes towards the direction of Zhongyuan outside the window, and sighed slightly: "Just now I was testing you, to see if you would kill someone to silence me? I really put myself in danger by entering the room, but under such circumstances, you still refused To lay a poisonous hand on others, people are not grass and trees, who can be ruthless. I am moved by you!"

Shen Mu and Xu Ziling looked at each other in dismay, because they couldn't tell the truth of her words, they felt extremely useless, there was meat on the chopping board, passive and miserable situation of being slaughtered.

Wan Wan continued in a soft voice: "Your fault is on Shang Xiuxun, and it is also the only fault. I guessed that you would find her to explain, but I never thought that it was the Second Young Master of the Song family who made the peace for you. Follow up He is much easier than following you two villainous boys! When he left the business earlier, he was full of thoughts."

The two suddenly realized that this was indeed a secret, and at the same time felt relieved, because Shi Zhixuan didn't know what happened between them and Shang Xiuxun, so he wouldn't know how to stand by Shang Xiuxun's residence like Wanwan, Wait for them to take the bait.

Seeing the two of them staring at her dumbfoundedly, Hou Hou smiled and said, "I really won't betray you, let alone use this to threaten you, what good would that do to you? I don’t want you to think that I am not only an irresolvable enemy, but also an extremely despicable person.”

The two began to feel Houhou's sincerity, and after exchanging glances, Shen Mu said: "Seeing that you are so obedient, we will pay you back. We visited the Yin Mansion last night and heard the conversation between Yin Zuwen and your school Wen Caiting. Yin Zuwen pointed out that You can't forget the hatred of killing the master, which is not conducive to the unity of the two factions and the six ways of your holy sect, so you propose to replace you with Bai Qing'er. Wen Caiting seems to have been moved by her words, and also said that Bian Ren and Bi Shouxuan both support Bai Qing'er. As long as Shi Zhixuan is willing to kill his daughter cruelly, the Yingui Sect will submit to Shi Zhixuan."

Xu Ziling added: "Yin Zuwen thinks that as long as he can capture you alive, he has a way to force you to hand over the "Tianmo Jue"."

With a calm expression and drooping eyes, Houhou said calmly, "You are indeed so powerful that you actually saw through Yin Zuwen's identity."

Shen Mu smiled and said, "This may be the Skynet's recovery, which is sparse but not leaky."

The corners of Houhou's mouth curled up slightly as if to show disdain, and he said, "What skynet? What destiny? Tai Shigong has long had Boyi and Shuqi good people die badly, but those who are full of bloody sins have a good end! He himself was tortured by the castration , can’t be humane. The so-called Skynet Mandate is Yafeiya! It’s just a big talk of a hypocrite who is full of benevolence and righteousness to deceive people into slaves.”

Shen Mu said in surprise: "I'm just talking casually, I don't have any opinions in my heart, but you don't seem to take the situation of betrayal and embarrassment at all?"

Wan Hou stared at Shen Mu with both eyes, and slowly said: "After Master Zhu died, Wan Hou has no relatives ever since, and only the strong are kings in the Holy Gate. As long as Shi Zhixuan is killed, others are afraid that I will not be able to come in time, so how dare they come?" Mess with me. Now the final decision is in your hands. If you insist on going your own way, I will have to find another way, but I will not expose your deeds."

The last sentence made the two of them feel good.

Shen Mu said to Xu Ziling: "What did Young Master Ling say?"

Xu Ziling said: "What I promised never counts."

Wan Hou was overjoyed, her tender body trembled slightly: "Then Shi Zhixuan is dead! Do you have any plans?"

Shen Mu said: "We hope to have some reservations on this point. What we can tell you is that we know that Shi Zhixuan has another incarnation in Chang'an, so we are waiting for a certain time. There is no escape route to ambush him, but we will not tell you the detailed plan until that moment comes. Then you will understand why we are keeping our mouths shut, because too many secrets are involved.”

Hou Hou nodded and said: "This is very fair. You are the only two people who dare to trust you now, so you don't have to worry about you harming me. For the sake of convenience, will the slaves stay here temporarily? The environment here is good, I promise No one will find out."

Just listening to her words, the two knew that she had a thorough understanding of the situation in Situ's mansion.

Shen Mu frowned and said, "Don't you have a place to stay? We will notify you when the action starts."

Hou Hou said calmly: "Of course I have a place to settle down, but I dare not tell you. Who knows how our relationship will develop in the future? People don't want to worry all day long that you will come to seek bad luck at any time. .”

Shen Mu smiled and said, "You can do whatever you want, big sister! But your words reveal precious news, I hope we won't have to be used against you in the future."

Wan Wan glanced at Xu Ziling meaningfully, and sighed: "The future will be discussed in the future! At present, people are surrounded by enemies, and you two are the only people I can trust, so I have to hide here to avoid the limelight."

It dawned on the two of them that after hearing the news that our people were plotting to deal with her, Houhou felt the danger, so she had to give up her original hiding place and identity.

Xu Ziling said indifferently: "There is another important news to tell you by the way. Last night, Shi Zhixuan took action personally, not only killing the 'good mother' Shafang, but also killing her entourage."

Hou Hou was slightly taken aback, showing a thoughtful expression.

Shen Mu took the opportunity to ask, "Who is the Great Senior?"

Wan Hou cast his eyes on him, pondered for a while, and sighed: "If I tell you, it will be no different from betraying the Holy Gate!"

Shen Mu laughed and said: "You are not as chic as Shi Zhixuan, he told Young Master Ling last night that Yang Xuyan is the atom of his grandma. Daming Zunjiao is not a faction in your holy sect, and the people of the holy gate are Squeeze you out, you still have to care about his mother's so-called loyalty, so conservative, I, Shen Mu, will be the first to dislike you."

Houhou smiled and said: "Yang Xuyan and Daming Zunjiao are just using each other, Daming Zunjiao needs Yang Xuyan to help them gain a foothold in the Central Plains, and Yang Xuyan is interested in Daming Zunjiao's "The Wisdom Sutra of the Root of All Laws", The two sides are a combination of interests. The so-called "atom" is just a name, which can be said to have no real meaning. Yang Xuyan will never become a believer of the Great Ming Zunjiao, and the Daming Zunjiao will never consider Yang Xuyan as their person .”

Shen Mu knew that it would be difficult to get further useful information from Houhou, seeing that the sky was already sunset, and he missed the time to meet Shang Xiuxun long ago, and said with a smile: "Come back tonight and play with you again, we have important things to do To do, you beauty, you can rest here."

Wan Wan gave him a charming glance, and said, "I'm busy too! See you tomorrow morning!" After finishing speaking, she walked out through the window and left.

After Wan Wan left, the two of them looked at each other with a feeling that it was a blessing or a curse, and it was unpredictable.

At this moment, Lei Jiu led Hou Xibai to arrive. Seeing the expressions of the two, the former asked in surprise, "What happened? Why didn't you speak, let alone show any expression? Are you arguing again?"

Shen Mu sighed: "Our big plan to kill incense this time has already sounded the alarm because Houhou discovered it. It's very remarkable that we didn't make a mournful face."

Lei Jiuzhi and Hou Xibai's expressions immediately changed.

After Xu Ziling explained, "Things are not yet at the end of the mountain, but we must have a contingency plan."

Lei Jiuzhi finally figured out the situation, nodded and said: "The retreat can be divided into a full retreat and a partial retreat. I will go to Master Song to discuss it, so that he has no time to think about it."

Xu Ziling called him back and said, "Do you have any clue about that little thing?"

Lei Jiuzhi laughed and said: "Don't forget whose descendant I am, how about the delivery tomorrow morning? Ha!" He went away with a smile.

Hou Xibai sat down at the end of the bed where Wan Wan had just sat, and said, "As long as you can leave, I guarantee that Wan Wan will not betray you, it will do her all harm but not any benefit. You are [-]% sure of the master's hiding place, right?"

Xu Ziling said lightly: "It can be said that, but it is not perfect. It depends on the will of God to decide."

Hou Xibai shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "Did I make the two of you feel that my younger brother is a very troublesome person?"

Shen Mu smiled and said, "It's not trouble, but contradiction. Because when the sharpest spear hits the strongest shield, the spear will break and the shield will be broken. Without spear and shield, there will be no trouble. Your contradiction is the opposite of you Shi Zhixuan, a master with hatred and kindness, let him play two roles, and if he is killed, the world will be peaceful, it is such a simple thing."

Hou Xibai laughed dumbly and said: "I don't need you to explain it anymore, it's because after enlightening Ziling that the way of painting is the way of martial arts, I feel at ease early, but I'm afraid that you will underestimate Master Shi's wise plan, and if you don't do it, he will bite back Be more careful, you may become the sharpest spear in the world with the addition of Houhou, but Shishi is definitely the strongest shield, a solid shield that has never been broken by anyone."

Xu Ziling turned aside and said, "How are those two things going?"

Hou Xibai said: "I'll go find Luoyan first, and the servants said that she was summoned into the palace by Zhang Jieyu, and she might stay here for a few days. Why did you look so ugly?"

Shen Mu said in a deep voice: "This is most likely the first move to deal with her. Are you going to enter the palace and see her?"

(End of this chapter)

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