Prince Li You of the Great Tang Dynasty begs the noble families to their deaths!

Qin Yun was also one of the loyal followers who joined Li You at the beginning of his uprising.

Moreover, he ranks quite high, among the most outstanding and powerful, and his skills are comparable to Jing Song's.

When Yan Hongliang's team returned, Qin Yun was not among them, and Li You thought he had been killed in action.

But Yan Hongliang told Li You that Qin Yun was definitely not dead.

He left the group to contact Yin Hongzhi, who was Li You's uncle and Yin Fei's brother.

Qin Yun entered the tavern and went up to the second floor.

Therefore, when we meet, we are naturally very affectionate.

"Your Majesty, you are truly hard to find!"

"Being hard to find isn't a good thing, is it? If even you can't find us, then the Tang army will have even less chance!"

"The patriarch searched everywhere but could not find a trace, so he temporarily hid in Luoyang. A month ago, General Yan and General Zan came to Luoyang to buy slaves and were spotted by our assassins. That's when they learned that you had run away to the mountains of Suizhou. The patriarch was overjoyed and set off half a month ago, and has now arrived at Tongbai Mountain stronghold. But the King came down the mountain again and still could not meet you."

The patriarch that Qin Yun mentioned was Yin Hongzhi.

Yin Hongzhi had a very significant influence on the original owner of the body.

It's hard to say whether the original owner would have started a rebellion without Yin Hongzhi.

Most of the original owner's team and the entire group of assassins were given to him by Yin Hongzhi.

Such a person can be considered a good uncle of the Tang Dynasty.

Having ascertained Li You's exact location, Yin Hongzhi immediately traveled a great distance with his entire family to see his nephew.

Li You laughed and said, "Good things come to those who wait! Qin Yun, you stay by my side for now. After we deal with Monk Yuanjue in a few days, we'll go back together and see our uncle again."

Qin Yun nodded in agreement, and another bodyguard brought in wine and meat. The four of them ate and chatted.

"Qin Yun, from now on you shall address me as Lord. This is a new rule I have established since we entered the mountains."

"Understood."

"How is your uncle's health?"

"When the patriarch heard the false news of the lord's death, he fainted and fell seriously ill. However, upon hearing that the lord was still alive, the patriarch gradually recovered and his health is on the rise."

Hearing this, Li You sighed deeply.

Since his transmigration, he has never felt very safe, and he is always very tense.

This was the first time he had ever felt kinship in the Tang Dynasty, and he immediately had a different feeling.

"My lord, who is the monk Yuanjue?"

"Yuanjue is a local tyrant in Xiangzhou City. I came here to eliminate him."

Li You told Tan Yun about what had happened.

Qin Yun also shared some other news.

"After our lord raised his army, Crown Prince Li Chengqian also rebelled, but the emperor quickly suppressed it. In May of this year, the emperor issued an edict to establish Prince Li Tai of Shu as the new crown prince."

"Li Tai, the Prince of Shu? Why not Li Zhi, the Prince of Jin?"

"This... that's how imperial edicts are issued."

Upon hearing this news, Li You frowned.

He immediately realized what was happening.

The course of history has begun to subtly change.

In the original history, after Li Shimin deposed the crown prince, he initially wanted to establish the Prince of Shu as the new crown prince.

However, the usually intelligent King of Shu faltered at the crucial moment, uttering the words: "I have a son. On the day I die, Your Majesty shall kill him and pass the throne to the King of Jin."

It was precisely because of this extremely hypocritical statement that Li Tai ultimately failed to rise to power.

Li You thought to himself, "Perhaps this time, the King of Shu has learned his lesson."

For him, the biggest problem is that history is no longer the same history.

This means that history can be changed after time travel.

After a satisfying meal, the four left the tavern and returned to Liang's Carpentry Shop.

Gao Shun, Jing Song, and Zhou Chuji all rushed over.

Jing Song and Qin Yun were overjoyed to suddenly see their brother.

After introducing themselves, everyone began to discuss what to do next.

"My lord, it has now been ascertained that Monk Yuanjue's most trusted disciples are four individuals: Huizhen, Huiru, Huijing, and Huikong. These four are the main people managing his various businesses. If we take action, we will surely capture these four monks in one fell swoop."

Li You nodded: "What about the other monks in the temple?"

"I specifically asked someone, and the other monks can be divided into three categories."

"The first category is the disciples and grand-disciples of Yuanjue, and this type of monk is the most numerous."

"The second type harbored resentment towards Yuanjue, but feared him and dared not resist him in the slightest."

"The third type only focuses on chanting Buddhist scriptures and does not participate in the struggles within the temple."

These past few days, Jing Song has spent a lot of money to get this information.

It turns out that even monks who are devoted to Buddhism have a lot of money to them.

"Is Yuanjue colluding with the government? Will our actions alert the authorities?"

"Reporting to my lord, when Chuji and I were monitoring the situation, we discovered that there was indeed an official who frequently associated with Yuanjue. Almost every three to five days, he would go to Yuanjue's Buddhist hall and stay for half a day."

Who is this person?

"He is a clerk in the Xiangzhou government office named Luo Yuyang. I sneaked into Clerk Luo's residence to investigate, and his family is extremely wealthy, ranking among the top in the entire Xiangzhou city."

"I know this person too; he often comes to buy our bamboo charcoal."

Li You instructed, "When you make your move, don't alert this guy surnamed Luo. If you accidentally do, then take him out too!"

"promise!"

A kind heart cannot command an army, nor can a benevolent person manage finances; one must be decisive in all actions.

"Then let's make our move when Monk Yuanjue returns to his private residence. We'll launch a simultaneous attack from both sides, primarily to control Yuanjue and his four disciples. Once we've dealt with these ringleaders, we'll choose another time to settle things with the hooligans on the street."

"My lord, what should we do with the assets controlled by Yuanjue?"

"Take what you can, and forget about what you can't. I've seen all the information you've worked so hard to gather these past few days. His business is too extensive and complicated, and he has entanglements with many people in the city. As I said before, don't alarm too many people."

For Li You, Yuanjue was an unexpected adversary, and he had not originally intended to place a large force in Xiangzhou.

The vast wealth that Yuanjue possesses is indeed one of the targets of this operation.

But Li You understood very well that he must not expose Huang Chao's army's whereabouts to the government because of these riches.

The reason he can develop his power without interference is mainly because Suizhou is too remote. Almost no one cares about a small place like Suizhou. This is his biggest advantage right now, and he must protect it.

To sum it up in a later way, Li You's mindset at this moment was that he wanted to get the cheese but couldn't touch that damned spring.

……

The bustling city of Xiangzhou was suddenly hit by a torrential downpour.

The torrential rains in the south are pouring down, with a total rainfall of considerable magnitude. The amount of rainfall in one day may be equivalent to the annual rainfall in water-scarce areas of the north.

The torrential rain started in the morning and lasted all day.

Around 5 PM, the rain suddenly stopped, as if the Dragon King in the sky was about to clock out and go back to rest.

After a heavy rain like this, the originally scorching weather will become very cool.

After being cooped up at home all day, the people of Xiangzhou stepped out of their homes to enjoy the rare coolness.

Monk Yuanjue also spent the day in the Buddhist hall. He rested for a while in the morning and had guests visiting in the afternoon.

However, it was Luo Yuyang, a clerk working in the governor's mansion.

The two talked about some things, then took out a chessboard and played a game of chess in the Buddhist hall.

The game ended, and the wind and rain outside stopped.

Luo Dianli then got up to take his leave.

Monk Yuanjue got up and saw him out of the Buddha Hall.

On the way back, I paused for a moment in the courtyard in front of the Buddhist hall.

A gentle breeze caressed my face; this cool weather was truly a rare treat.

Looking up, I saw a rainbow bridge appear on the horizon, which was quite beautiful.