Fast forward to three days later.

During this period of time, there was another rumor in the city, that is, the city lord Yang Dongsheng sent troops to encircle and suppress the mountain bandit Kouhu Ya Sect to eliminate harm for the people.

When this rumor first came up, everyone praised Yang Dongsheng for doing another great thing, but later, as this matter spread, I don't know where there were more rumors of the Tiger Cliff Sect doing evil out of thin air, which suddenly made the Tiger Cliff Sect a force that everyone in the city spurned, so that whoever died of a cat or a dog, or lost any pots and pans, it was all blamed on the Tiger Cliff Sect that was already cold.

Not to mention these cats and dogs, the pots and pans of the Tiger Cliff Sect are not eye-catching at all, even if they are dead and injured, it is basically impossible to spread to the ears of this kind of people, after all, the Tiger Cliff Sect can exist to this day and is not known, it must be because it does everything to cut the grass and eradicate the roots.

So there is no doubt that these rumors must be false.

However, these are not what Dongfang Shuo cares about.

What he cares about is the cause of this rumor.

Is it because those who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic and buttons their hats, or someone does it on purpose. And the so-called intentional is undoubtedly Yang Dongsheng, from his point of view, since the matter has come to this point, it is better to give full play to the last residual heat of the Tiger Cliff Sect and scold them to death, in order to win his own reputation.

Although he didn't know what the truth was, Dongfang Shuo felt that no matter what it was, it didn't matter.

What really matters is that Yang Dongsheng is safe.

In other words, he has actually been at peace from the beginning, but extraordinary times require some extraordinary means.

"Now that he is the lord of the towering city, the loss of the Tiger Cliff Sect should not have much impact on him, at most it only restricts his way to continue to climb. Thinking of this, Dongfang Shuo breathed a long sigh of relief.

At least for now, this matter can be put to a close for now.

Crunch.

Just as Dongfang Shuo thought about this, the door of the courtyard was pushed open from the outside.

He turned to look in the direction of the courtyard gate, and saw the spy armor he had sent out at dawn yesterday.

"Is this done?"

Dongfang Shuo asked.

Scout A nodded and walked over to him.

Seeing this, Dongfang Shuo turned around and poured him a cup of hot tea, and asked as he handed it over: "So, what was his reaction after you sent the letter from the feudal official to the second prince?"

He ...... There doesn't seem to be a response. ”

"No response?"

"When I went to see His Second Highness, he was entertaining the famous men of the northwest, and after I gave him the letter, he only glanced at it, and then continued to drink with the others, but ignored me. ”

"And you're back?"

"Yes. At this point, Scout A asked tentatively, "Lord Dongfang, did I do something wrong?"

"No, it doesn't matter. ”

Dongfang Shuo shook his head.

Seeing him say this, the former finally felt a little relieved, and drank the hot tea handed by the latter.

And after he drank the tea, Dongfang Shuo, who took this opportunity to think twice, said: "In the next few days, I may have to trouble you and help me keep an eye on the situation outside." ”

"No trouble!"

The man held the teacup in his hand, shook his head and said, "The three of us have been very idle for the past month, and I have already been itchy, so it would be good to do more these days." ”

As soon as he heard this, Dongfang Shuo smiled.

"Then I'll leave it to you. Dongfang Shuo said, "You should know who you're going to stare at, right?"

"Yes. ”

The man nodded.

As soon as the words fell, he put the teacup on the table, turned around, and immediately left the courtyard.

And after he left, Dongfang Shuo finally sat down.

"Lord Dongfang, don't I need to do something for you?"

At this time, Spy B, who had been busy in the kitchen for a while, also came to the yard after seeing Spy A leave.

Dongfang Shuo turned his head to look at him, and said, "You are responsible for cooking for me, and we should stay here for another three or five days." ”

"Three or five days?"

Spy B was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Not to mention that a letter is not enough to explain anything, and even if the second prince believes it, then it will not only take three or five days to gather the troops of the counties, I'm afraid it is not enough for us to stay for only three or five days." ”

Hearing this, Dongfang Shuo did not answer immediately, but reached out and poured himself a cup of tea.

After taking a sip of tea, he spoke: "There are two misunderstandings in your words. ”

"Any questions?"

"First of all, it's not a belief that is true, because the letter is true. Dongfang Shuo said, "Secondly, I didn't stay here to wait for the second prince to gather troops, but to wait for that person to send back the news I found in the imperial city." ”

As the words fell, he brought the teacup to his lips again.

At this time, Scout B was also slightly stunned.

"So, is there really someone in the South who wants to rebel?"

Spy B was stunned for a moment.

The corners of Dongfang Shuo's mouth hooked: "If not, why should I send the letter? However, I don't have troops, otherwise, I will serve the country with my body." ”

"Then why don't you send the letter to the Emperor?"

Spy B asked again.

After Dongfang Shuo's gaze sank, he sighed: "In the end, you still don't know the world." If it were given to the emperor, how could I, a nobody, who had just made some modest contributions, 'slander' the feudal officials who had been guarding the frontier? And the most fatal point of this was the question of 'how could this letter fall into the hands of a nobody of mine?' is a question that I cannot answer in any way. ”

"Yes, Lord Dongfang, not to mention those adults in the Imperial City, even I am a little puzzled, why did this letter fall into your hands?" said Spy B.

Dongfang Shuo smiled bitterly, and said: "Look, if you directly hand over this letter to the emperor, I'm afraid I won't be able to wash it even if I jump into the well and the Yellow River." ”

"What kind of river is that?"

"This ...... You don't have to worry about it. ”

"But Lord Dongfang, even so, how can you be sure that the second prince will definitely send troops?" Spy Yi said, "You must know that the combined strength of the entire empire in the north is far inferior to the one in the south, not to mention that there are still four princes in the north of the empire who are sharing power with the second prince. ”

"This letter is not just for the second prince alone. Dongfang Shuo said, "I sent the letter to the second prince, just because the second prince is closer." ”

Spy B was stunned again.

So, he sometimes said, "What is this......?"

But at this point, his voice suddenly stopped.

Then, he lowered his head and took out a polygonal flat compass from his body, the compass was only the size of a palm, and it should be made of bronze.

After he glanced at the compass, he looked up at Dongfang Shuo: "Lord Dongfang, the one who went to the imperial city has news." ”

(End of chapter)