Dongfang Xu is also a person who does not tolerate sand in his eyes. With his situation since he was a child, if he was indecisive, he would not have survived today.

Listening to the wind and drunken bamboo, standing in front of Dongfang Xu, looking at the nose and the nose and heart. Their hearts are not at peace. Almost all of the people who are still by the master's side now have followed the master all the way, and it can be said that they know the roots. But the master's secret was discovered by others, and then he almost got into trouble because of it. This makes them both atmosphere and worry.

"Lord Shizi, let's check!" Tingfeng couldn't help but open his mouth. If you want to check, you have to start with the closest people around the prince. "The prince sent a message asking us to return to Beijing immediately to stabilize the situation. Let's go back and clean the whole mansion. ”

Dongfang Xu nodded slightly. This is the end of the matter. There are already people working on the island, and Ruan Guanqi is back, and with Mr. Kong in charge, there will be no mistakes. After the sea affairs were cleaned, they were honest for a while. Haiphong is controlled by Xiao Renqing, and it is also safe. It's just that this prefect is a deeply hidden one, and he can't move it for the time being, which makes him quite unhappy.

"You and Zuizhu go back first, don't startle the snake, check secretly, and see who has contacted that side in the past two years. If you can't find out, don't make a noise, wait for me to go back!" Dongfang Xu's eyes flashed a trace of coldness, "I will deal with it myself." ”

Listening to the wind and drunken bamboo didn't know why, and they both had an ominous premonition. They glanced at each other, and they each had their own numbers. No matter who this person is, I'm afraid that the end will be more sad than death......

Tingfeng and Zuizhu returned to the capital first, and the people inside were a little surprised, after all, under normal circumstances, one of the two would always be by the side of the son. Listening to the wind and drunken bamboo, they quietly stayed in the house for a few days first, and only said to the outside world that the prince had confidential matters and no one could be around.

On the Yangzhou side, the Yangzhou prefect also realized the seriousness of the problem, and he didn't need the emperor to allow him to take sick leave, so he quickly stepped up his work, saying that he was sick and difficult to take on a big job, so he resigned directly. didn't wait for news from the capital, first packed his mansion, and quietly sent his children, wives and concubines out.

"Cheap bastard!" Ruan Guanqi is also a temperamental, and he is most unaccustomed to such a person.

Ruan Jingxin said with a smile, "He wants to leave, how can it be so simple? Now the people he sent out are all in a village outside Yangzhou!"

Ruan Guanqi was stunned for a moment, and then understood, "Haha, you guys!" Ruan Jingxin and Dongfang Xu have a good point, that is, they will never stick to any righteous and bright means. It is a hundred times stronger than those who talk about it every day.

The prefect really cared for the family, not only handed over millions of taels of silver and a lot of property, but also handed over the account books that had been exchanged with Sang Guo for several years. And Dongfang Xu also kept his promise, released his family, and only escorted him back to Beijing.

By the time Ruan Jingxin and Dongfang Xu returned to Beijing, it was already the end of June. This time, they didn't encounter anything along the way, and it went very well. Not only because they have shown strength these times, but also because there are a large number of soldiers following this time.

After all, among the people escorted back to Beijing, there were not only convicted officials, but also the princess of Sang Guo and the young master of Sang Guo's general. Now the royal family of Sang has been reduced to a puppet, and one of the three generals in power happens to be the father of this young man.

Because Tingfeng and Zuizhu returned to Beijing ahead of schedule, no one 'abused' this little master, and he no longer resisted strangely, except for eating and sleeping every day, after a few months, he was raised for nothing. And Youzi is whole person has lost weight, which is very different from the previous plump appearance, and it seems to have two points of the weak beauty of Yangzhou women.

After getting off the boat, Ruan Jingxin first arranged for someone to go home to report the news. Xiao Shi has been at home by himself during this time, and I am afraid that he is worried about both this and that.

The carriage went all the way to the gate of the palace, and Ruan Jingxin was quietly observing all the way. Everything in the capital is still as prosperous as usual, and there is no sign that there was a war a few months ago.

Although she also wants to return home as soon as possible, Ruan Jingxin, as an official, needs to enter the palace to meet the emperor first. As a female dependent, she was the second person in the history of this dynasty to enter the palace to see the emperor without having to see the queen. Since the last time at the eldest princess's banquet, Situ Xun made a complaint against Ruan Jingxin, the emperor inadvertently said that he would compile the outstanding poems of the past years into a book, and someone recommended the famous Situ Xun in due course. The latter began to work overtime day and night, and suddenly there was no time to find trouble.

The prince has always relied on Dongfang Xu, and he has also paid more and more attention to Ruan Jingya. So he did not wait for someone in the emperor's imperial study, but went to the palace gate to wait. Of course, the advantage of this is that the time on the road is enough to learn more about what happened in Yangzhou.

There was no one else in the emperor's imperial study, he actually knew a lot about the affairs in Yangzhou, after all, in addition to the official face, there was also the content that Dongfang Xu reported in private. These include not only the public, but also some private. For example, he encountered the origin and suspicion of the assassination, as well as some of his own investigations and inferences.

Therefore, the report of the emperor and others is just to go through the procedure, and the more detailed content, or other things you want to know, can be asked separately by Dongfang Xu later.

Since it was a formality, the emperor naturally just asked briefly, and asked the two to go back to rest early, but left the crown prince.

"Father, the situation in Yangzhou has stabilized, do these two need to ......?"

The emperor waved his hand and said to the prince, "Why did you call the two back in such a hurry? As the crown prince, you don't need to be like everyone else. ”

This is very serious, and the prince hurriedly knelt down, "Father, forgive me!" Erchen just thinks that the situation in Yangzhou has stabilized, and the two of them can return to the capital to help Erchen deal with some official business. ”

The second prince fell off the horse, and almost all the people in his line were uprooted. So there are a lot of empty seats. In this way, it is naturally targeted by many people. The crown prince is no exception, and he wants to insert his own people into it.

"Yangzhou didn't finish it well, but the original credit of these two people was discounted. "The emperor didn't know what the prince was thinking, so he just wanted to knock him. "Kneel down too. ”

The prince didn't dare to say anything more, and hurried back to the prince's mansion. He knew that his actions had made the emperor unhappy, so he stayed honestly for a few days. As for the two heroes who went to Yangzhou, the emperor did not move, but he couldn't let his subordinates chill, so he chose some exquisite and valuable items from his private treasury, and rewarded them with a meal without hesitation.

Ruan Jingxin happily returned home to eat and chat with Xiao Shi and had a comfortable time. Dongfang Xu's mood is not very good.

He looked at what was presented by the wind, and his heart sank more and more. He didn't know that his every move was controlled by that side.