Chapter 63: Making a scene

The door of the wing room was pushed open with a creak, and a moment later, the cloth strip in front of Li Zhen was torn off.

The candlelight was a little dim, but it still made him feel a little dazzling, and he subconsciously narrowed his eyes.

In front of him, the Jin State's Zhechou Duwei who called himself "Baal" was holding a candle and looking at him with interest.

Li Zhen recovered and first glanced at the decorations around him, but found that he could hardly see any information, so he said in a deep voice: "I haven't been home for a long time, the servants in the mansion will definitely report it, and the whole city will be under martial law, and you will be unable to escape even if you have wings!"

"The one you should be worried about right now, Situ, is you."

Sanqianyuan held his sword with one hand and asked, "The Emperor of the Li family should be in the Imperial Medical Bureau now?"

Li Zhen sneered, still stroking his beard, and said, "You guys are the only ones who want to rob people?"

"How could Situ know that we were planning to rob people? It would be a pity if we didn't do anything after coming to the Eastern Capital of the Great Tang."

"Throwing an egg against a rock, the tiny Hedong area wants to fight against Daliang." Li Zhen was too lazy to speculate and just provoked: "Your Majesty of Jin, are you only capable of these little tricks?"

Seeing that his identity as a Jin person was indeed confirmed, Sanqianyuan finally smiled and wrapped the cloth strip in front of Li Zhen again.

"Whether it is an egg hitting a rock or not, Li Situ will know later."

After a moment, two people picked up Li Zhen and carried him out of the courtyard again.

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Late at night, at Chengfu Gate of the Imperial City.

In addition to the main imperial palace, the Luoyang Imperial City also has imperial offices and city offices for various departments in the south, Yuanbi City and Yaoyi City in the north, and the East Palace and Zuozang Palace in the east. Further east is a long and narrow urban area from north to south. The northern section is Hanjia Granary City where Luoyang's granary is located, and the southern section is East City.

Chengfu Gate is the east city gate.

During the Wu Zhou period, among the nine temples and five academies, six of them, namely the Dali Temple, the Taichang Temple, the Guanglu Temple, the Sinong Temple, the Shaofu Palace, and the Military Equipment Palace, were located in the East City. Today, the Luoyang Imperial City has been looted and destroyed several times, and only the Taichang Temple and the Shaofu Palace are still preserved among the six academies.

Amid the rustling snow, torches were lit on the city walls.

"Who is outside the city? Stop immediately!"

In the shadow of the snow, two dozen Jinwu Guards escorted a carriage and stopped.

Sanqianyuan rode on his horse and shouted, "Li Situ came here on the order of His Majesty to inquire about the condition of Prince Jiyin's injury."

At the same time, a token shot out from the snow and fog and pierced directly into the pillar on the city wall.

The sound of flying snow was too loud, and the human voices could hardly penetrate the heavy snow, but the people on the city wall finally heard the intention of Sanqianyuan, especially the method of throwing the token, which particularly surprised them.

On the city wall, the officer on duty checked the token and although he was still suspicious, he still opened the city gate first.

He led people holding torches and bowed to greet them at the doorway, "It's a cold and snowy night, why did Situ come in person?"

In the carriage, Li Zhen opened the curtain with a wooden face and said indifferently: "Running for state affairs, why fear a little cold? Lead the way quickly and go straight to Taichang Temple."

The general did not dare to delay and immediately sent someone to guide them all the way in.

The Imperial Medical Bureau was under the jurisdiction of the Taichang Temple and was once a place for training senior medical practitioners. However, due to the turbulent times in the world, the number of teachers and students in the bureau declined, and there were only a few imperial doctors and clerks who followed Zhu Wen from Bianliang to Luoyang.

Near the entrance of the medical office, the imperial physician who had learned the news in advance came out to greet them.

Li Zhen was helped out of the carriage by two servants dressed as bad guys, and because it was cold, he was wearing a fur coat.

The Imperial Physician led the way humbly, saying, "Prince Jiyin was stabbed at night, and was immediately transferred to the Medical Department. I have examined him, and his wound is quite deep, and he has lost a lot of blood, so he has not yet woken up."

As he introduced, he looked back, but was a little surprised.

Beside Li Zhen, in addition to the two servants who followed closely, the lieutenant of the Jinwu Guard also led a few people to protect him, and they never relaxed for a moment.

Although he had doubts in his heart, he did not dare to say much and just gave instructions.

At this time, Li Zhen suddenly asked: "Is the Prince of Jiyin unable to wake up?" "According to his pulse, it is probably true in the short term."

Li Zhensui sneered.

The imperial physician was a little confused, but he understood after a moment.

The Mr. Li before him, who holds the office of Censor-in-Chief of the Imperial Court and Deputy Envoy of Xuanyi Jiedushi, had participated in the imperial examinations of the Li Tang Dynasty several times in his early years, but failed repeatedly. He was therefore deeply repulsed by the Tang Dynasty and the literati in the court. Now, hearing that the last remnant of the Li Tang Dynasty is about to die, he must be quite happy.

However, he did not see that Li Zhen was actually sneering at Sanqianyuan on the side.

But the latter remained calm and accompanied them into a room.

The imperial physician ordered a candle to be lit to illuminate the bed.

On the couch, there was indeed a thin young man with a pale face, lying there quietly.

Seeing that Li Zhen was just frowning, the imperial physician spoke cautiously, "Now, does Situ have any other instructions?"

"Does he still have a chance to survive?"

"Of course, but his lungs are injured after all, and the Prince of Jiyin is not a warrior. Even if he recovers, he may not be as good as before." The imperial physician asked carefully: "Besides, hasn't His Majesty issued an order to sentence the Prince of Jiyin to death..."

"There is a will."

At this time, Sanqianyuan from the side suddenly interrupted and said, "We are here to escort Situ to pick up someone. Just hand him over to us."

The Imperial Physician was stunned for a moment, then replied, "But the palace's intention is to let the Prince of Jiyin be taken care of in the hospital first, and then execute him after Your Majesty has offered sacrifices to the gods. Why do they want to bring him back tonight..."

He subconsciously looked at Li Zhen, but the latter just said woodenly: "Just follow the order."

"but……"

After all, the imperial physician did not have the courage to disobey, so he could only agree and began to make arrangements.

After a while, an official lifted Xiao Yan's body onto the carriage on a rack, and then, under the watchful eyes of the imperial physician, the carriage slowly drove away.

Inside the car, Li Zhen sneered.

"If what you said comes true, it will be like this?"

Outside the carriage, Sanqianyuan rode calmly and replied, "I haven't said that the matter has been settled yet."

"It's ridiculous. Even if you can kidnap me and take Li Yu out of the imperial city, you won't have a chance to take him out of Luoyang!"

"If Situ wants to save his life, he should cooperate with us."

A voice sounded, and Li Zhen was about to sneer, but then he realized that the voice seemed to come from beside him.

He was trembling all over and looked back suddenly, and saw a servant disguised as a bad guy helping the dying Xiao Yan to sit up.

The latter's face was still pale, but he just covered his chest with a calm expression.

"I have heard a lot about you, Mr. Li."

"How did you wake up?"

Li Zhen was very frightened, but his hand subconsciously reached out to grab Xiao Yan's face.

However, another bad guy immediately pinned him down and put a dagger on his neck.

Xiao Yan took a greedy breath of air, and his chest began to rise and fall slowly.

"Zhu Hanbin is quite sensible."

"Li Situ, I need to borrow your name to make a scene tonight."

(End of this chapter)