Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Emergence of the Self-Ruler
Wanxi walked into Mu Yunlou and greeted her with a person, this person was Luo Li, who had not been seen for many days, and then the two of them walked to Yunmo's private room upstairs. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Yunmo saw that Wanxi was coming, and hurriedly got up to greet him, Wanxi was not restrained, sat on the main seat and asked Luo Li: "Why are you so idle, running around here?" ā
Luo Li said: "Originally, I was still in the south, and I heard Yunmo say that there were some clues about my family's affairs, so I came over overnight, and I happened to see Miss as soon as I entered the door." ā
When Wanxi heard this, there was a clue about the Cheng family, and she looked at Yunmo and hurriedly asked, "Oh?" After all these years, have you finally found something? Wanxi thought of the thin boy who ran away overnight many years ago, like herself who wanted to escape from the island in her previous life and was chased by them all the way, and couldn't help but feel a little distressed. Yunmo knew that Miss and Luo Li were in a hurry, so he said: "This has to start from a few days ago, Miss asked me to prepare food for King Chenjun to go to Xiagu Mountain, can Miss remember the Fuheng Grain Store I mentioned before?" Wanxi nodded: "Lianyun City near Xiagu Mountain? ā
"That's right, the stakes are very high, I'm afraid of a mistake, so I went to a trip in person, the shopkeeper of this grain shop is surnamed Feng, about fifty years old, I asked him to send all the grain in the store to the Longan Dart Bureau, I was afraid of attracting people's ears, so I wanted to send him to other places, and then sent someone to change the deal in Lianyun City, but I didn't expect that he said that he wanted to go to Jiangnan first to worship the old people." Seeing that Wanxi and Luo Li listened carefully, Yunmo continued: "Later, after the shop was closed, the two of us drank, and I learned that this Feng shopkeeper was originally a general in the Beijing Praetorian Guard, originally surnamed Wu, when the prince fought with the Yi tribe Wuliang Mountain, the military department transferred him to assist the grain officer to escort the grain and grass, and he was also a close friend with the grain officer for many years, so he readily agreed, this grain officer is also surnamed Cheng, should be some distant relatives of the Cheng family, when passing through the southern Cheng family, he stayed in the Cheng family, but I didn't expect that it was the Cheng family that night that something happened. ā
Wanxi saw that Luo Li seemed to recall the tragedy of that night, her brows were furrowed, her eyes were slightly red, and she couldn't help but pat her hand on his back, patting it softly, seeing that Luo Li's mood was somewhat relaxed, before she motioned for Yun Mo to continue, Yun Mo said: "This shopkeeper Feng has old friends in the nearby villages, and he parted ways with the grain officer before entering the city, so he escaped a catastrophe, and the two agreed to rest for a day, and the day after tomorrow morning they would meet at the West City Gate and set off, but the Feng shopkeeper waited at the West City Gate for a long time, and did not wait for the troops who escorted the grain and grass. He inquired about the location of Cheng's house, walked to Cheng's house, saw many people gathered in front of the house, inquired, only to know that something had happened, and the grain and grass were also robbed, he knew that the big thing was not good, and he didn't dare to make a noise, so he looked for a place to hide, the local officials investigated the real culprit on the one hand, and reported to the court on the other hand, but for some reason the twists and turns sent to the court were also robbed halfway, so when the court knew about it, the prince had died on the battlefield, the emperor was furious, and he also killed the officials of Nancheng at that time, and the grain and grass were not found now, And this case has also become an unsolved case. ā
Wanxi was puzzled: "These shouldn't be difficult to check, why haven't we found anything before?" ā
Yunmo explained: "I don't know who can cover up this matter, the officials of Nancheng at that time, the Lord Cheng who escorted the grain and grass, and even the soldiers and generals who escorted the grain, including their families, were all wiped out of their household registrations, if it weren't for the Feng shopkeeper who escaped the catastrophe, no one would know that these people had appeared, and this matter may even have the acquiescence of the emperor." ā
At this moment, Luo Li was already in tears, remembering the happy scene he had once at his parents' knees, the happy reunion of the family, because of a visitor, the Cheng family all died, what was the conspiracy.
Wanxi comforted Luo Li while thinking, it seems that this matter is not simple, blocking the grain and grass and the twists, this is obviously to ask for the prince's life, so is it because of party disputes, but at that time, the third prince and the fifth prince were still young, would they do such a vicious thing, if it weren't for them, who would they be, and they could still get the emperor's permission to cover up this matter.
stabilized Luo Li's mood, Wanxi ordered Yunmo to continue to investigate the affairs of the Cheng family, which even involved the prince, so Wanxi said again: "Yunmo, now that the war between Daliang and the Northern Wei Dynasty is imminent, and the emperor has been delaying sending reinforcements to Fengming Pass, you should pay more attention to the situation in the north these days and report to me at any time." ā
Wanxi wanted to come to Yunmo here to ease her mood, but she didn't expect her mood to be heavier when she left, until she finished dinner, sat at the desk and was about to write a reply to King Chenjun, Wanxi still didn't think about whether to write to King Chenjun now, hesitated for a long time or didn't know how to speak, and finally wrote with a pen: "Chen, Zhanxin is fine, everything is fine in the capital, don't worry." It's just that I'm very worried about you in my heart, the Northern Wei Dynasty doesn't know when it will attack Fengming Pass, but the DPRK has not seen reinforcements for a long time, if you can't resist it, it's important to protect yourself, don't forget, there are still people in the capital waiting for you to go home. It's just that I learned one thing today, and I thought about it for an afternoon, and I don't know if it's time to talk to you now, but if I think about it, I should still say that I know ...... you know" Later, Wanxi roughly wrote the things that Yunmo said in the afternoon to King Chenjun, of course, just objectively described the process of this matter, and did not write their speculation into it, after the heart was written, after thinking about it, he still attached a flower note, writing: "Since the king's appearance, the treasure mirror is clear for whom, Sijun is like Longshui, and often hears whimpering." ā
Pretending to give up the letter, Wanxi handed it to the phantom, watched the phantom leave, and thought to himself, when he received the letter today, it had been at least six or seven days, even if it was fast, it would take three or four days, I don't know what the situation is at Fengming Pass now, and I don't know how the imperial court arranged it, it seems that I have to go out. After thinking about it, he called Zijin over and said, "Find out my night clothes." Zijin was stunned for a moment and asked, "Miss, what do you want that for?" She remembered that their young lady hadn't gone out at night for several years since Muyunlou was established, and even Muyunlou rarely went, because she knew that if anything related to Miss, Yunmo would solve it for her, and she didn't need to worry about it at all, why did she suddenly want night clothes today, Wanxi was upset, and she didn't explain, she just said: "Go quickly." Zijin understood the young lady's temper and knew when not to ask anything, so he answered and went to get it.
Wanxi waited in the room, and it was not until the end of the day that she stopped dressing, and took advantage of the night to go straight to the mansion of the Marquis of Wenyu.
This Lord Chen, after Marquis Wenyu left the capital, did not live in Marquis Wenyu's mansion himself, but bought a courtyard on the street not far from the military department, and lived there with his family. Now it is because Wenyu Hou and his mother and sister have returned to the capital, in order to spend more time with the family who has not been seen for many years, he and his wife moved back to the Hou Mansion to fulfill their filial piety.
When Wanxi arrived at the mansion of Marquis Wenyu, she secretly observed on the wall of the front door, and saw a hall on the left side of the middle courtyard lit up, thinking, according to the layout of the mansion, where should be Marquis Wenyu's study, thinking, she lowered her body and went straight to that room.