Chapter 39: The Showdown

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The next morning, Zhaoyang rose early, and Prime Minister Zhu Zhenyang's adult sat at the desk early. There were stacks of official documents on the desk, which were the official duties that the Prime Minister had to deal with in the past few days, but they were all suppressed at the moment. Zhu Zhenyang's face was a little pale, which was caused by staying up late.

It's not that the prime minister doesn't want to sleep, but in his sleep, someone disturbs him, and it brings not very pleasant news. For this reason, the Prime Minister no longer had the idea of sleeping, and it was destined to be another sleepless night. It had been nearly an hour and a half since the letter was sent, and his mansion was not far from the palace. So calculate the time, this time and again, the news should have arrived. Lord Zhu Zhenyang grabbed the somewhat numb scalp, sighed, picked up the herbal tea on the table and poured it. Recently, some of them have been on fire, and the internal fire is inflated.

"Knock", "knock", "knock" knock on the door came to mind, Lord Zhu Zhenyang did not get up, but gently called: "Come in!" A servant dressed as a butler walked in the door: "Master, the second prince has arrived!" ”

Lord Zhu Zhenyang nodded: "You go out first." Then he got up and walked out of the door and walked into the courtyard.

It's still the small courtyard in the middle of the house, it's still the pavilion in the middle, it's still the stone table where Duan Chong has sprinkled a soak of urine, and a person is sitting there fanning a folding fan. Lord Zhu Zhenyang walked up quickly, did not salute, but sat directly on the stone bench, and said in a low voice: "Second prince!" ”

Xiao Beiding nodded slowly: "What you explained in your letter is not clear, so I want to ask what the situation is in person." ”

Zhu Zhenyang said: "Last night, more than 20 people who had been hiding in the south of the city were all killed, and only one escaped. ”

Xiao Beiding sighed: "Someone's hand." ”

Zhu Zhenyang said: "Uncle Wen Yuan! ”

Xiao Beiding took a breath of cold air, and only opened his mouth after a while: "It seems that this Duan Zhong is determined to get along with us." Immediately, he thought about it again, "No, Duan Zhong is looking for trouble with those black-clothed people, but Wen Yuanbo doesn't know whose hand is sticking out from behind." ”

Zhu Zhenyang sighed: "If this is the case, it will naturally be the best." However, Second Highness, you must be clear that since this Wen Yuanbo can find out the whereabouts of this group of black-clothed people and has the strength to annihilate them in one fell swoop, we need to evaluate the forces behind him. No one knows when this Wen Yuanbo will directly target us. ”

Xiao Bei was the first to agree: "Not bad." The forces behind this Wen Yuanbo are indeed a little unknown, but it is certain that these forces have nothing to do with my eldest brother, these days, my eldest brother has been wandering around in front of his father every day, and he can't wait to get rid of the forces in his hands! ”

The prime minister sighed: "Your Highness, to know the ownership of that chair, in the final analysis, is still a matter of Your Majesty's words." Now that the eldest prince has moved, don't you ......?"

Xiao Beiding waved his hand and interrupted Zhu Zhenyang's words: "Naturally, you don't have to worry about this. However, more than a dozen Dongyi people have died this time, and this matter has to be solved by you. ”

Speaking of the Dongyi people, the prime minister patted the table angrily: "It's a shame that we feed them with a large amount of silver sent by the Jiangnan salt merchants every year, and we can't even do this thing." The two sniping attempts were unsuccessful, and a team was almost wiped out by the opponent. I should go find some people, they should spit out some money. ”

Xiao Beiding smiled and closed the folding fan in his hand: "It's good for you to grasp this kind of thing yourself." After all, dogs can bite people when they are in a hurry, and Dongyi people are still a fierce wolf dog. However, if a few of their masters put up a shelf again, they don't need to give this silver. But this Wen Yuanbo ...... Don't move yet. After all, this person has a very high reputation in the capital recently, and his father likes it very much, even if he wants to do it, he will have to wait until two months after his father's fortieth birthday. Of course, this is under the premise that Wen Yuanbo doesn't mess with me anymore. ”

Zhu Zhenyang nodded: "I will explain this." And this Wen Yuanbo has recently started the business of Qinglou. The eldest prince helped him ask for a building by the Qinhuai River, which is now being renovated, and it will be open in a few months. And in this building, we have forty shares. ”

"It's just a building, so let's be a gift from my eldest brother. After all, I'm sorry for him all these years. ”

"But a lot of the girls in the building have been swept out, and here are the nails I left in the building."

Xiao Beiding raised his eyebrows, and a trace of anger flashed in his eyes: "Wen Yuanbo's methods are very tight. You ordered that the top brands and oirans in the entire Nanjing City should not be transferred to the building owned by Wen Yuanbo. Without ** and Oiran, I don't believe that this Wen Yuanbo can really fish out gold from it! ”

The Prime Minister nodded again. And Xiao Beiding suddenly remembered something, and continued: "Inform Lord Liao in Jiangnan, if there is any change in the girl in the Jiangnan building, you must take action in time, and you can't let Wen Yuanbo dig the girl from Jiangnan to the capital." "Lord Liao in Xiao Beiding's mouth is naturally Liao Zhangjin, the governor of Jiangnan.

Zhu Zhenyang nodded and said, "I will repair the book for Lord Liao." However, recently, one of Wen Yuanbo's subordinates, the shopkeeper of Louwailou has not been in the capital recently, and he doesn't know where he went. ”

Xiao Beiding waved his hand: "It's just a profiteer, and he can't make much waves." The people you sent out just keep an eye on Wen Yuanbo, and don't make any more mistakes. I don't want to see anything like this last night. ”

Zhu Zhenyang nodded hurriedly, but listened to Xiao Beiding continue to ask, "What about the living mouth last night?" ”

The Prime Minister raised his hand and made a gesture to touch his neck: "If you want to die, you will die cleanly." It is very troublesome to keep a living mouth, if this Dongyi people know who did it, and do something that is difficult for us to control during this time, I am afraid that things will be much more troublesome. ”

Xiao Beiding reopened the folding fan and shook it lightly: "This is what you did well, don't leave any clues." Then he sighed, "Uncle Wen Yuan, Uncle Wen Yuan, you are really an abyss, Lonely King...... I can't see through you. That's what makes it interesting, though. ”

Just as Xiao Beiding sighed, a servant had already hurriedly stepped forward and whispered a few words in the ear of the prime minister. The Prime Minister's face changed when he heard this, and he turned his head to Xiao Beiding and said, "Uncle Wen Yuan...... Visit! ”

Xiao Beiding was stunned when he heard this, and then laughed loudly again: "It's really just what it says." ”

Lord Zhu Zhenyang sighed: "Your Highness is not going to avoid it." ”

Xiao Beiding waved his hand: "It's okay, I want to have a chat with this Wen Yuanbo." ”

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Duan Zhong yawned, he really hadn't slept enough last night. And standing at the gate of this rather magnificent Prime Minister's Mansion, I have been waiting for a long time. The efficiency of this messenger is really low enough, and this prime minister's mansion is really a little ...... Rude. He is also a dignified uncle, and he actually left himself in the cold at the gate like this, and there was no one to talk to.

Sitting on the stone steps at the door, what kind of etiquette identity is this, naturally I don't care. After a long time, the closed door of the Prime Minister's Mansion slowly opened, and a subordinate dressed as a housekeeper saw Duan Zhong sitting on the stone steps, and hurriedly ran over to help Duan Chong: "Uncle, our lord is invited, please come in." ”

Duan Chong patted his ass and followed the housekeeper into the compound.

The meeting place was still in the small pavilion in the courtyard, so Duan Zhong moved his body back, trying to stay as far away as possible from the stone table. And there were two people sitting at the stone table, which was unexpected by Duan Chong.

So Duan Chong arched his hand and said, "I came here today to visit the Prime Minister, but I didn't expect to be fortunate to meet His Royal Highness." It seems that Duan Zhong's luck is still good. ”

Xiao Beiding smiled: "Uncle Wen Yuan's words are serious, this king has always admired Wen Yuanbo's talent, and it is naturally the king's honor to be able to chat with Uncle Wen Yuan today." ”

Duan Zhongzhong snorted coldly, thinking that Xiao Beiding's touted ability didn't have to be bad by himself. When did he ever show his talent, but he was just stained with the light of our Dong University Scholar. sighed and said with a smile: "Thanks to His Highness, I have praised it." I don't know why His Highness came to visit the Prime Minister so early? ”

Xiao Beiding smiled: "It's just that I'm a little bored in the palace, so I went out of the palace to ask for advice on how to govern the country." ”

Duan Zhong arched his hand and said: "Your Highness is so worried about the people and thinking about the country, it should be the blessing of the people of Daliang!" Then he turned to Prime Minister Zhu: "The Prime Minister is proficient in the strategy of governing the country and the country, and Duan Zhong should also learn from the Prime Minister so that he can bring it back to Dali." Seeing that the Prime Minister is working so hard, I wonder if the Lord rested well last night? ”

Lord Zhu Zhenyang glanced at Xiao Beiding, and said lightly: "There have been a lot of copywriting in the past few days, but I am a little tired of reading it, but I am grateful for Wen Yuanbo's concern." ”

Duan Zhong smiled slightly: "Recently, there are a lot of thieves in Nanjing City, and it is not peaceful, please pay attention to it." ”

Zhu Zhenyang raised his eyebrows: "What did Uncle Wen Yuan say?" ”

Duan Zhong said with a smile: "Last night, I found out that the thief sneaked into the mansion and stole a lot of my silver, I got up from the bed and chased all the way, but in the end I still didn't catch up." It seems to have been chased and lost near the prime minister's house. So today, I came here to remind my lord, don't let the thieves steal the silver again. The meaning of Duan Chong's words, Lord Zhu Zhenyang naturally heard it. And he also knew one thing, when the man in black fled into his house last night, he had already been seen by Duan Chong, that is, Duan Chong was enough to deduce many things from it. And the meaning of Duan Chong's words is also extremely obvious, this is talking to himself...... Showdown!