"Do you already have a sabbatical?" Li Shi asked casually on the way back.

"I have only been here for less than an hour, so how could I have a slept with such a quick moment."

Zhang Huan smiled faintly and said, "But one thing he knows is that no matter how powerful Zhu Xicai is, he can only do this kind of thing secretly. The method used is nothing more than killing General Duan and then forcing the emperor to give him military power."

"But General Duan told me that you already have a vain case." Li Shi looked at him and continued to ask relentlessly.

"I actually only have some ideas, and I can't talk about a case!"

Li Shi suddenly fell in love with this young man a little, and he laughed and said, "Okay, let me tell you what you think."

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Night fell quietly, and mist began to rise in the Far West Canyon where Xishoujiang City was located. Yinshan Mountains were shrouded in hazy mist, but the night sky was clear and the stars were shining. A full moon slowly rose to the west sky, casting black shadows on the huge rocks.

Zhu Xicai stood on the city wall and stared at a group of cavalry gradually disappeared from afar. Their backs were quickly swallowed up by the fog. He had just received the news and Zhang Huan was ordered to go to Dai County to escort the grain.

He had confirmed with his own eyes that it was Zhang Huan who left, and with his three hundred cavalry, Zhu Xicai pondered for a moment and said to his personal soldiers: "You are here to guard me. Whenever there is news, come and report it immediately."

The gate began to slowly close, with a "boom!" sound, and a dull sound reached several miles away. Three miles away, Zhang Huan suddenly stopped the war horse. He turned over and dismounted. With a wave of his hand, more than a hundred personal soldiers followed him quickly hiked towards the west Sujiang City, and disappeared in the thick night.

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Since the Uighur army withdrew, Zhu Xicai began to realize that the situation had undergone subtle changes. Li Shi went to Duan Xiushi four times in three days, and it was not necessary to visit him.

The tacit understanding he and the Li family established due to the invasion of the Uighurs also began to collapse due to the withdrawal of the Uighurs. The days of turning the cards between them approaching day by day.

Zhu Xicai is now very interested in knowing what kind of role this sudden Zhang Huan will play, just a passerby, or will become an opponent who competes on the same stage.

It was of great importance, and Zhu Xicai did not dare to be careless at all. He decided to use his last trump card.

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At the first update, in an empty room about a few streets close to Li Shi's residence, Zhu Xicai was paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back. There was no light in the room, and it was pitch black. From the sound of his footsteps that were sometimes fast and sometimes slow, he could feel his heart was very anxious. When he walked to the door, he seemed to hear something, and couldn't help but stop and listen to the movements outside the room with his ears straight.

Someone came, and he opened the door and a black shadow quickly flashed into the room. The black shadow wore a bamboo hat, covering his face.

"I can't stay outside for too long, please tell me what's wrong?"

Zhu Xicai closed the door and asked in a low voice: "I want to know how Zhang Huan, how is the Li clan going to use him?"

"The emperor appointed him as the General of the Tianqi Camp, and he was the direct army directly controlled by him."

Zhu Xicai took a few steps and suddenly asked, "Did Zhang Huan really go to escort the grain?"

"No! The escort of grain is just an excuse. He went back to mobilize troops. I heard it with my own ears."

"As expected, I built a plank road openly and secretly went to Chencang."

Zhu Xicai couldn't help but smile coldly, "But now I'm going to transfer troops, isn't it too late?"

"General, I have to go back." The black shadow whispered.

Zhu Xicai nodded, "Go! I will give you a task before starting."

The black shadow flashed out of the room door. He looked vigilantly at both sides, lowered the bamboo hat, ran quickly along the wall to the other end of the street, and passed through several streets. He quickly returned to his room. He looked left and right, then pushed the door and went in.

Just as his door was gently closed, a man in black slowly leaned out from behind the big tree more than ten steps away. He smiled coldly and his figure quickly disappeared into the darkness.

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The room was dimly lit, and the seedlings as big as beans seemed to be extinguished at any time. The man in black was kneeling on the ground to report his discovery to the emperor Li Shi. Li Shi's face was as gloomy as water, and he was facing the wall with his hands behind his back. In a corner of the room, Zhang Huan, who had left two hours ago, stood in a corner of the room.

"Your Majesty, the house where General Ma went was heavily guarded. He stayed there for only a while before he came back. Bei Yi did not see who he was going to meet with."

‘Who else could it be?’ Li Shi’s eyes were filled with anger. He couldn’t believe that the traitor Zhang Huan suspected would be his closest eunuch. He restrained the resentment in his heart and said lightly: “I understand, you go down first!”

"Yes!" The man in black slowly retreated.

Only him and Zhang Huan were left in the room. After a long time, Li Shi asked in a low voice: "How did you know that there are spies around me?"

Zhang Huan smiled slightly and said, "On the day when I was dismissed from my post by the Empress Dowager, Cui Yuan invited me to his house for a drink. During the meal, he tested what Your Majesty said to me later. From this, I inferred that His Majesty must have his eyes and ears around him, but I did not expect that this person would be an eunuch, which was an unexpected gain."

"I also know that there are people around me who are unreliable, but I didn't expect it to be him. Thanks to my dear thoughtfulness and keeping a hand. Otherwise, I would definitely lose this battle for military power."

Speaking of this, Li Shi sighed and said, "I am very confused now. Tell me, what should we do next step?"

"Your Majesty, since we have General Ma here, we can do whatever we want in the next move!" Zhang Huan smiled meaningfully.

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In the following two days, the situation in Xishoujiang City was extremely calm and nothing happened. Early in the morning of that day, a cavalry commander rushed from outside the city, bringing news that the Uighur army had completely withdrawn.

At the same time, a secret letter from Ma Yingjun was also quietly delivered to Zhu Xicai, with only one sentence on it, "Zhang Huan led three thousand troops to a hundred miles away secretly."

Zhu Xicai smiled coldly, and the day of showdown has finally come. In the next step, the Li family will definitely find a reason to leave Xishoujiang City to lure him out of the city to pursue him. Since that's the case, why don't he use his own tricks?

Sure enough, not long after lunch, news came from the emperor that since the Uighur army had retreated, the emperor decided to move to Dai County and prepare to return to Beijing. All military and political affairs in the western surrender city were fully handled by Duan Xiushi, the guardian of Anbei.

Shen Shizhi was in the middle of the city, and the trombones were ringing. The city gate was wide open. A thousand Yulin Army guards slowly pulled out the carriage of Li, leaving Xishoujiang City, and heading towards Dai County.

Just as the Li Shi left, Zhu Xicai immediately secretly summoned several confidants to discuss countermeasures. The windows were covered with thick curtains, and the room was dimly lit, full of tension and murderous intent.

"The general, the last general thought that the emperor had not left. As the general said, he moved to Dai County to lure the general to pursue him, so he had great risks in doing so. With his prudence and timidity, he would never take risks."

"General Sun is right!"

Another general of Ma Tianyu said, "Mo Jiang had observed it when the emperor drove away from the city. Duan Xiushi bowed to him and said goodbye, but he never showed up. This is inconsistent with reason, so Mo Jiang dared to assert that the emperor was not in the carriage at all, that is, he did not leave and was still in the city."

Zhu Xicai smiled and waved his hand, "Everyone said it well. I also think he is still in the city, but the soldiers are not tired of deception. We must use the tricks and send troops to chase them. We must also use my banner to confuse the other party. Then, while their defense is relaxed, we will send surprise troops to capture Li Shi and Duan Xiushi and seize power in one fell swoop. Let's listen to my deployment below!"

Several generals immediately stood up solemnly, waiting for Zhu Xicai's order.

Zhu Xicai pondered for a moment, and then said to one of them: "General Sun, you can lead 2,000 people in the headquarters, take my banner, and choose one to dress up as me, and leave the city at dusk."

"Abide by the order!"

Zhu Xicai then gave the second order, "General Ma, I will give you five hundred people to replace the patrol sentry tonight. At the first update, I listened to my Rocket Order to take action and directly killed Duan Xiushi."

"As for the Li family," Zhu Xicai smiled sinisterly, "I will deal with him personally."

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Chapter completed!