Xing'er and Mei'er were very happy to hear that they were going to worship Houtu Niangniang Temple tomorrow. It was rare for them to go out, so they would naturally be willing to go wherever they were lively. Moreover, on the streets of Wanrong County these days, the people of Wanrong County have been very impressed by the Holy Mother of Houtu, so they are naturally willing to see it.

The guards couldn't help but want to see the deeds of the Holy Mother Houtu all day long. This was the altar built by Huangdi, and the ancestors of human beings were sacrificed. If they missed this time, they might never have a chance in the future. Only Yang Shi would not argue. For him, everything was put first of all the safety of the prince.

Lu Mulin was a little worried: "Young Master, Yu Wenyuan has bad intentions for us and has encouraged us to go to the Holy Mother Temple in Houtu several times. His subordinates have found out that it is nearly seventy miles from the county town to the Holy Mother Temple in Houtu. There are also many trees and hills in the middle. Although people come and go on the official road, they must be careful."

Yang Yong smiled and said, "A man is a tiger, and a tiger is also a human. You forgot my young master's guess just now. Is there any simpler thing to open a gap from whom is as simple as Yu Wenyuan? Oh, Yu Wenyuan is not a tiger, he can only be considered a fly."

Lu Mulin thought about it for a while, but couldn't think of any problem. The two teams of light and dark guards had a total of forty people, and it would be fine to deal with hundreds of ordinary yamen soldiers. If they knew that Wanrong County actually had a secret army, it would definitely not be so easy.

"How are you in touch with the secret guard?"

In order to keep it confidential, the secret guards do not know each other except the superiors and subordinates, but this does not hinder the information transmission between the secret guards. The secret guards have a set of secret words to identify their relationship. For those who want to match the secret words, the personnel at the higher level can directly transfer the next level.

When Yang Yong was traveling, he had the effect of picking up and testing this secret language. In the past, because he was in a hurry, he didn't have time to contact the secret guards. When he arrived in Wanrong County, he immediately asked Lu Mulin to send a secret language. However, there was obviously no personnel arranged by the secret guards in Wanrong County, and no one contacted Lu Mulin. Lu Mulin had to send personnel to the nearby city to contact him.

Lu Mulin shook his head: "My subordinates have sent someone to the nearby prefecture to issue a second-level secret order. However, even if the message is delivered smoothly, it will take several days at the earliest. My subordinates have not received the message back yet."

Yang Yong had no choice but to stop: "Hurry up and contact me, maybe they have more detailed information."

"Yes." Lu Mulin stepped down with shame. If he could get Zhang Xu earlier and Liang Yanguang and the others' detailed movements, the prince would not have to be in a dilemma now.

In the Puzhou Governor's Mansion, Yu Wenxin had already left, and a group of elite cavalry of more than 100 people were gathered. Outside Puzhou City, there was still a cavalry of 400 people waiting to join. Puzhou could only be considered as Xiazhou, with less than 300 regular troops according to the military system. After Liang Shiyan became the governor, he relied on his original wealth and his personal soldiers to pretend to be thieves and rob the big merchants of the merchants, and barely maintained a cavalry of thousands. This time, in order to hijack the prince, he dispatched 500 people at once, which was considered to be a struggle for his old capital.

These cavalrymen were elite soldiers who followed Liang Shiyan to fight in various places, and most of them were supported by Liang Shiyan's own money. They were completely Liang Shiyan's private soldiers and were loyal to him. Even so, except for the commander Liang Mo, the other soldiers did not know what to do on this trip. After all, the hijacking of the prince was too great, and Liang Mo could not guarantee that his personal soldiers would be so loyal after knowing this.

Liang Mo was wearing armor and holding a long spear in his hand, and stepped on a tall horse led by his personal soldiers. He turned over the horse and touched it gently. The horse neighed in a rhythmic manner, stepped open his four hooves, and left the gate of the governor's mansion. More than a hundred cavalry behind him followed closely.

Seeing more than 100 fully armed cavalrymen from the governor's mansion come out, the pedestrians on the street dodged and watched the cavalry whizzing past them in surprise. They couldn't help but talk, not knowing what happened, but they were mostly guessing that there was a thief or other things happened.

Looking at Liang Mo's back as he took the generals of the governor's house away, a young man in his twenties couldn't help but talk to himself: "Strange, a few days ago, the General of the Cavalry, Yu Wenxin, had secret conversations in the governor's house. Today, Liang Mo brought so many people out of the city. Could it be that something big happened? If not, I will go back and ask."

This young man in his twenties is named Pei Tong, who is Liang Shiyan's nephew. The Pei family is also a Hedong family. Pei Renji was famous in the Sui Dynasty. Pei Ji was born in the Hedong Pei family. Pei Tong is currently living in the Liang Mansion for a while. He is both civil and military. Liang Shiyan attaches great importance to Pei Tong and intends to cultivate it to become his confidant. However, Pei Tong has an unknown identity, that is, the hundreds of households of the Secret Guard.

The secret guards were loyal to the Eastern Palace rather than to the emperor. Only Yuan Hao, the leader of the secret guards, and three other deputy envoys of the secret guards, knew that the secret guards were an organization in the dark and could not be exposed before Yang Yong ascended the top. How to maintain the loyalty of the secret guards is a big problem.

Money and severe punishment alone will of course have certain effects. However, organizations without goals will never grow and grow. Yang Yong had some considerations before developing the secret ward and directly characterized the secret ward as a secret organization in the court, with the purpose of eliminating corrupt officials and violators at all levels. It is only because of the need that they cannot contact officials at all levels and cannot disclose their identities.

This characterization will undoubtedly increase the security and loyalty of the members of the Dark Clothing Guard, especially to attract young people who are dissatisfied with the corruption of the aristocratic families and government officials to join the Dark Clothing Guard, and even absorb some passionate children of the aristocratic families to serve the Dark Clothing Guard. Moreover, once the members are arrested, the exposure may be reduced to the lowest point.

Although the performance of the Dark Clothing Guard is not as good as Yang Yong's intention, the Dark Clothing Guard can grow to more than 2,000 people in just a few years. Basically, most of the prefectures in the country have organizations of Dark Clothing Guards, and none of them are exposed. This characterization undoubtedly has a great effect.

If someone is suspected of being a secret organization against the court, aristocratic families like Pei Tong will not be able to serve the secret organization, unless they hold a fatal handle, and they can only be recruited for the court.

As soon as Pei Tong returned to the Assassin's Mansion, he rushed straight to Liang Shiyan's study. The servants of the governor's mansion saw that it was a young master, and no one stopped him. When Pei Tong was about to knock on the door and entered, Liang Shiyan's speech came from the study. Pei Tong was curious for a moment and retracted his hand that was about to knock on the door.

"Xue Changshi, how did Gang'er Harmonyer reply?"

A middle-aged man said in a voice: "Return to Mr. Huang, please rest assured that Mr. Huang?"

"Why, they don't agree?" Liang Shiyan's voice was a little shocked and angry.

"The third young master has agreed. He replied to Bei Zhi and became a beast and must be a head."

"Yes, my elders are, what do you say about Gang'er?"

The middle-aged man's voice hesitated: "Second Young Master, Second Young Master..."

"Come on the truth."

"Yes, the second young master said that the foundation of the Great Sui Dynasty is now stable, and my father should enjoy his old age. If he rebelled, it would undoubtedly be a way to die. Hundreds of people in the Liang family will become powder."

With a "bang.", a loud noise came from the study. Someone slapped heavily on the table. Liang Shiyan's roaring voice came: "An unfilial son, an unfilial son, don't he know that if I raise a trouble, he can leave it aside?"

Pei Tong was shocked when he heard this. He never thought that since his uncle was discussing rebellion with others, Pei Tong, another person in the room, knew that it was Xue Moer, the chief of the governor's office, who was deeply trusted by his uncle. Pei Tong did not dare to listen anymore and quickly slipped away quietly.

Liang Shiyan had five sons, the eldest son Liang Cao, who was adopted by his brother when he was a child. He was appointed as the Shangkaifu, Yixiang County Duke, and the cavalry of the Changning Prince's Mansion. He died early. His second son Liang Gang was now the Duke of Tongzheng County, the governor of Jingzhou, and the third son Liang Shuxie, and now the Duke of Guangping County, the General of Cheqi and Cavalry, the Fourth son Liang Zhiyuan was the Bo of Anding, and the Fifth son Liang Wu was the Bo of Jianwei.

Liang Zhiyuan and Liang Wu both served in the governor's office. Only Liang Gang and Liang Shuxie had military power, especially Liang Gang, who was promoted to the throne because of his contributions to the Turks. He was promoted to the throne with 3,000 troops and horses. No wonder Liang Shiyan would have such a big fire when he heard that his second son disagreed with the uprising.

Pei Tong was in a state of confusion. As soon as he left Liang Shiyan's inner courtyard, he met someone head-on. He was shocked and almost fell down, but was held back by someone. He looked up and saw that it was his fifth cousin Liang Wu.

"Cousin, why are you? You feel uneasy when you walk." Liang Wu let go of Pei Tong's hand and asked with concern.

How dare Pei Tong say that, he had to say whisper: "It's nothing, it may be because the weather is too hot."

Liang Wu looked up at the sky. The sun had just risen for a while, but the heat waves around him had already hit him. He also cursed: "I have advised my father to build a lake in the mansion, but my father just couldn't bear it, otherwise it would be so hot."

Pei Tong successfully changed the topic, chatted with Liang Wu for a while and hurriedly said goodbye. When he returned to his room, Pei Tong's heart was still beating: Since his uncle was going to rebel, what should he do? Is there a possibility of success? If he fails, will he be involved in the Pei family?

Pei Tong had a headache. If Liang Shiyan had not been his uncle, he would have reported it immediately. It was just that this action was related to the lives of hundreds of people in his uncle's family, but Pei Tong did not dare to act rashly.

"Beep, beep." Two knocks on the door sounded, and Pei Tong was shocked: "Who?"

"Sir, it's me." A familiar voice came from outside the door.

Pei Tong hurriedly opened the door, pulled the person outside the door in, looked around again, and slammed the door with a slam. He complained, "Why are you looking for me directly? Don't you know the rules?"

The visitor was a secret guard chief developed by Pei Tong. He was a member of the Liang Mansion. Of course, this general knew that the message between the secret guards could not be directly face-to-face. Generally, he chose several moving points to convey it. However, in the face of Pei Tong's complaints, the general of the Liang Mansion was not at all uneasy. He handed a note to Pei Tong: "Masters of the Hundred Houses, a close second-level secret order came from above, so his subordinates had to meet the Lord directly."

Pei Tong took the note and wrote several lines of symbols that seemed inexplicable to others. Pei Tong quickly pulled out a thick book from the head of the bed, and translated it word by word according to the prompts on the note: "So quickly report the movements of the governor's mansion in Puzhou."

Although it was only more than ten words, Pei Tong was frightened. He had just discovered that his uncle had the intention of rebellion, and the instructions above came immediately. Could it be that his uncle's rebellion court had already known, and now it was just a test for him.

Pei Tong didn't know that the secret orders sent by Lu Mulin to Hedong, Huazhou and other places were exactly the same. It was because he didn't know the situation that the secret guards asked the state prefectures that Yang Yong suspected to have made detailed reports.

Pei Tong did not dare to hesitate anymore and wanted to rebel Liang Shiyan. Moreover, Liang Mo had already written the news of the city with a large number of cavalry out of the city in secret and handed it to the Liang family generals: "You hand over the secret letter immediately."

"yes."

After the general of the family left, Pei Tong seemed to have performed a fierce exercise, sweating all over his body, and said silently in his heart: "Uncle, don't blame me, what you did will not succeed. In order not to involve the Pei family, I have to do this."

In Wanrong County, Yuwen Yuan rode two servants to the inn where Yang Yong was staying early in the morning and thumped the gate of the courtyard: "Mr. Li, Marquis Li."

Liu Hu opened the yard gate with a loud bang: "Why are you quarreling?" Liu Hu had no good feelings for Yuwen Yuan. Last night, Yang Yong told Yuwen Yuan that today might be malicious, and Liu Hu naturally would not be polite to Yuwen Yuan.

Yuwen Yuan rushed back from the barracks in the valley in the middle of the night, but because he was too excited, he basically didn't fall asleep, and his face looked sleepy and slackened. Faced with Liu Hu's scolding, he had to barely suppress his temperament and not to argue with Liu Hu.

When Mei'er and Xing'er heard the voice, they had already walked out of the inner courtyard. Seeing the two girls, Yuwen Yuan's eyes lit up and he hurriedly walked forward and walked: "Two ladies, you are polite."

Yun Mei'er wanted to pay the gift, but Xing'er pulled her, snorted, and got on the carriage. Yuwen Yuan was furious, but he couldn't show it on his face, and he was quite hard to hold it in his arms.

Yang Yong and the guards also came out together, and Yang Yong loudly ordered Yang Shi: "Go and settle the account first."

Yuwen Yuan finally found an opportunity to perform: "Don't bother the Marquis, I've talked to the store."
Chapter completed!