Li Zixiong looked at King Qi in surprise, and a hint of panic flashed through his eyes. How did he know that there was a mutiny? The secret was leaked? How could this be possible?

Li Zixiong was one of the planners of the mutiny, but it was not certain when to launch a mutiny, how to do it, and how to end the mutiny and achieve its goal.

The political situation is constantly changing, changing every moment, and even he himself suddenly "returned" and left Dongdu and went to Donglai Naval Division. So far, although the Second Eastern Expedition was an excellent opportunity to launch a mutiny, because several planners of the mutiny went their separate ways and have not been able to get together to come up with a specific plan. Therefore, the mutiny is still in the planning stage and is far from reaching implementation.

However, Li Zixiong was ambitious and did not want to miss this opportunity, so he took advantage of the Qi King Yang Nan to enter Qi County to suppress the rebellion. Zhou Fashang asked him to support Zhang Xutuo and met the Qi King, intending to test the Qi King to see if there was any possibility of persuading the Qi King to launch a mutiny.

In the planning of the mutiny, persuading the King of Qi to launch a mutiny was one of the plans, and there was a great hope for success. This was not only because the King of Qi was the only legal heir of the imperial dynasty of the dynasty, but behind him was a huge local aristocratic group in Guanlong. Moreover, the King of Qi's political philosophy was very conservative, which met the conditions for conservative forces to use the imperial dynasty to overthrow the reform. In addition, the Holy Lord and the Reformers have been planning to depose the King of Qi and take away his qualification as the heir of the imperial dynasty, which made the King of Qi deeply in desperate situation and gave him the desire and motivation to reverse his destiny.

It can be foreseen that once the King of Qi launched a mutiny, the first to respond to the King of Qi was the powerful and powerful people who were secretly planning the mutiny. These people either held great power or had heavy troops. In addition, they "kidnapping" the Guanlong local aristocratic group that had always supported the King of Qi in disguise. The major forces united together to control the Dongdu and Xijing. The King of Qi had Guanlong and the Central Plains, and the strong support of the Guanlong local aristocratic group and the Heluo noble group, which was enough to compete with the Holy Lord, Shandong people and Jiangzuo people, which was enough to fight a protracted civil war and win the final victory of the civil war.

However, the key to this planning is King Qi. If King Qi refuses to use violent means to seize the imperial rule, does not want father and son to fight against each other, and does not want to provoke civil war to harm Middle Earth, then this seemingly perfect planning is meaningless.

When the first Eastern Expedition was defeated and the Holy Lord wanted to launch the Second Eastern Expedition at any cost, Li Zixiong discussed this plan specifically with Yang Xuangan and Li Mi, because King Yang Nan of Qi not only successfully "escape" from the Eastern Capital, but also used the opportunity of suppressing the rebellion outside to control the army. This greatly increased the possibility and success rate of launching a mutiny with King Yang Nan of Qi as the "big banner". However, King Qi grew up in a "greenhouse" since he was a child, and another brother on it sheltered him from the wind and rain, allowing him to stay away for a while.

Intrigue and bloody and cruel political arena, so King Qi is gentle and even a little cowardly. People with this personality are basically indecisive, cares about things, and cannot withstand the storms. In addition, the Guanlong local aristocratic group behind King Qi considers the actual political interests and is unwilling to continue to fight head-on with the Holy Lord and the Reformers. They have gradually tilted their political resources towards King Qi Yang You, and their support for King Qi is getting smaller and smaller, which is also an important unfavorable factor.

After comprehensive consideration, Yang Xuangan and Li Mi both believed that the risk was too great, especially the political group that was united by King Yang Nan of Qi and the local wealthy families in Guanlong was too large and strong. Even if there was a mutiny, the control would change hands and eventually make wedding clothes for others. This was not only in vain, but also in danger of being liquidated, so this plan was put on hold.

However, after Li Zixiong arrived at the Donglai Naval Division, the dispute over the imperial rule of the Dongdu had undergone new changes. The political situation in the Dongdu gradually became more and more beneficial to the conservative forces, especially the local aristocratic group in Guanlong. King Yang Nan of Qi was excluded from the new dispute over the imperial rule and lost the qualification of the heir to the imperial rule, he was also abandoned by the local aristocratic group in Guanlong without hesitation. King Yang Nan of Qi was thus in desperate situation, which made Li Zixiong see hope of persuading the King of Qi to launch a mutiny.

However, at this moment, seeing the fearful eyes of King Qi Yang Nan and Wei Fusi's fearful expression, the little hope in his heart disappeared.

"Military?" Li Zixiong pretended to be surprised and asked, "What did the king hear?"

The King of Qi realized that he had lost his words and was flustered for a moment and had no time to react. Wei Fusi was "smart and quick-witted" and immediately asked, "Did Duke Jianchang hear any rumors?"

Li Zixiong nodded, "People's words are terrifying, but everyone's words make money. When I was in Dongdu, I heard some slanderous words that were not conducive to the king. I guess the Holy Lord also heard of them, so the king's situation became more and more sinister."

The King of Qi's face was gloomy and silent. Wei Fusi didn't speak. Li Zixiong thought for a moment and decided to test it. "The king stayed outside to suppress the rebellion, held heavy troops in his hand, giving those who had ulterior motives accusations. In fact, whether in the Eastern Capital or in the Navy, some people heard some absurd speculations, and some even maliciously spread rumors that the king wanted to repeat the mistakes of rebelling against Yang Liang and seize the imperial rule by force."

When the King of Qi heard this, he suddenly burst out his anger and then woke up again. This was Li Zixiong's temptation, but why did Li Zixiong test himself? There was obviously a problem here. The King of Qi was even more suspicious and also felt frightened. If Li Zixiong really gathered a group of people to launch a mutiny, and the Holy Lord found that he met him before the mutiny, the consequences could be imagined. He could not clear his mind even if he jumped into the Yellow River. In order to prevent problems, the Holy Lord would definitely take him down.

The more the King of Qi thought about it, the more he became more and more afraid. After weighing the pros and cons, he decided to take the minority of the two evils. Instead of killing Li Zixiong in the future, it would be better to "take down" Li Zixiong now and not give him the chance to kill himself.

"I have no intention of fighting for the imperial rule, and I don't want my father and son to fight each other." King Qi sneered, "But as you said before, there are people in the east who want to destroy the Second Eastern Expedition for their own selfish interests to give the Holy Lord a fatal blow. According to the news that someone has obtained, there are indeed people in the east who are conspiring to launch a mutiny, and just this summer, just when the expedition forces reached the city of Pyongyang."

Li Zixiong became more and more surprised. The King of Qi said whether it was true or false? According to the secret information about his relationship with Yang Xuangan and others, so far, several people who planned to overthrow the Holy Lord and suspend the reform had no plan to launch a mutiny immediately. Could it be that other people were planning this matter?

"The news is accurate?" Li Zixiong asked anxiously.

The King of Qi turned his eyes to Wei Fusi, hoping for Wei Fusi's tacit cooperation. Wei Fusi understood the meaning of King Qi and knew the purpose of King Qi. After hesitating for a moment, he made a decisive decision. Since everyone's fate was tied together, there was no need to hide it. Yu Qian spread it out and said.

"The news comes from the white-haired thief." Wei Fusi said frankly.

The white-haired thief? Li Zixiong was puzzled. With his rich political and military experience, of course, he guessed that there was a "tactic understanding" between the King of Qi and the white-haired thief, but there was no basis. So what if there was any suspicion? Now the King of Qi and Wei Fusi were honest and told the truth, and directly pushed the white-haired thief to him, which was equivalent to telling him that everyone was a grasshopper on the same rope, sitting on a boat that was about to overturn. Only by working together could they overcome the difficulties together.

"If you want to know the details, please invite him to meet you."

This is the only way Wei Fusi could think of, forcing Li Fengyun and Li Zixiong to tell the truth.

Li Zixiong is a mature man, and he will not admit it without evidence. This lays a terrible hidden danger for cooperation. Without trust, suspicion and guard against each other, how can there be any real cooperation? Li Fengyun has spoken so far the word "Dongdu Mutiny" and has not disclosed any other information. This has brought considerable difficulties to the King of Qi's response. He can only temporarily hand over the initiative to Li Fengyun and let Li Fengyun "command". Whether it is the King of Qi or Wei Fusi, he does not want to be passive like this.

Before, when Li Fengyun predicted the defeat in the Eastern Expedition, he made detailed deductions in front of King Qi, and so on. Wei Fusi believed that Li Fengyun could also deduce the entire process of the mutiny in the Eastern Capital in detail. If the mutiny broke out in the Eastern Capital, then the deduction process given by Li Fengyun, whether it is correct or not, will have certain reference value and can help the King Qi make relatively correct decisions in the process of suppressing the rebellion.

After thinking for a while, Li Zixiong agreed. Wei Fusi immediately sent a messenger to send a message to Li Fengyun.

That night, the three of them met in an official army barracks on the south bank of the Zhongchuan River.

After listening to Wei Fusi's introduction, he learned that the old army with a mighty and bright eyes were actually Li Zixiong, a military and political tycoon of the dynasty. Li Fengyun saluted respectfully and did not dare to be disrespectful at all.

Li Zixiong was attracted by Li Fengyun's white hair and asked, "Is your white hair born?

Li Fengyun replied that it was a long-lasting person.

"Is it really a night of white hair?" Li Zixiong asked curiously.

Li Fengyun smiled and shook his head, "A few years ago, someone was seriously injured, dying and weak. Although his body slowly recovered, his long hair gradually turned white."

Li Zixiong suddenly smiled, "It seems that the legend is unreliable after all." Then he turned aside and asked seriously, "I heard that you know that someone in the east conspires to launch a mutiny?"

Li Fengyun did not answer, but turned his eyes to Wei Fusi, with a look of doubt. Wei Fusi replied with a meaningful smile. Li Fengyun understood it. If someone changed him, he would not know the trajectory of historical development. Of course, he did not know the purpose of Li Zixiong appearing next to the King of Qi at this moment. However, after a moment of thinking, Li Fengyun understood that Li Zixiong's trip was to persuade the King of Qi to launch a mutiny.

Li Zixiong planned to convince the King of Qi, but Li Fengyun didn't know, but he knew that since he appeared in front of Li Zixiong at this moment, it was enough to show that the King of Qi had guessed the purpose of Li Zixiong's trip and suspected that Li Zixiong was the initiator of the Dongdu mutiny. However, the King of Qi had no evidence, so he asked himself to take action, on the one hand, forcing Li Zixiong to reveal his true form, and on the other hand, letting himself tell the truth about the mutiny, which was a killing two birds with one stone.

Should I tell the truth?
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