Chapter 45: Thieves and Robberies
I'm speechless when sensitive words are blocked... Ay... The fever has subsided, but I feel like my lungs are about to cough out, which is really uncomfortable.
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Shen Zhentao carefully moved the entire box out of the ground. This is a box that is related to his own life, so he is extra cautious. Dropping the shovel, a man rushed back to his study with a suitcase, despite the dirt all over his body.
Locked the back door of the study tightly, put the box on the desk, and then used his hands to clean the dust that had fallen on the table, and then opened a small drawer of the desk with trembling hands. The outside of the box was carefully locked with a lock, and a small key was turned out from the drawer, and then the key was inserted into the hole with trembling hands, only to hear a soft sound of "boom", and the lock was opened.
Shen Zhentao is an extremely careful and cautious person, so he will be very careful about the place where the key is hidden or the place where the box is buried, and every day he will check whether the soil in his garden has been turned over by someone. And this box is equipped with a reed, if someone wants to forcibly open the lock and open the box, the rotten water placed in the box will instantly destroy all the ledgers and letters in the box, no matter how high your martial arts are, it is useless. At the same time, the dark arrows set on the side of the box will also shoot out, and ordinary third- and fourth-stage masters have no time to react at all, and even the first- and second-stage masters will inevitably be injured.
Shen Zhentao was not a master in martial arts, so he chose the safest method, opened the box with the key, and then took out the letters and destroyed them one by one.
It was a stack of accounts and letters more than a foot high, and I don't know how many secret transactions and insider information were recorded in it, but after this night, everything would be lost, leaving no trace in the world. Of course, in fact, Shen Zhentao was unwilling to do this, because he didn't want to have a lot of bad debts and dead debts under his account.
But everything he did was given by Liao Xulin and Liao Gongzi, and this time, if Liao Xulin's son fell, he would definitely die. A grasshopper on a rope, this is a fact in front of you. So Shen Zhentao gritted his teeth and burned!
Tremblingly, he picked up a letter and handed it to the candle flame tremblingly. A voice came from a corner: "Burn, and you will surely die." If you don't burn, you may still have a way to live. ”
Shen Zhentao's body trembled, the hand stretched out to the candle flame retracted, and he turned his head to see a shadow in the dark corner of his room: "You...... Who are you? ”
The shadow's voice was low: "A man who wants the Governor to dismount." ”
Shen Zhentao's thighs were a little weak, because he had realized what the purpose of the person in front of him was appearing here. It's what he is holding in his hands, and it's obvious that he doesn't know martial arts, if he calls it out first at this moment, he must be the one who dies first. It's just that Shen Zhentao is a person who is very afraid of death, and he will definitely not be the kind of person who is willing to give up his life for the sake of his master. I still have four concubines and three children, and I haven't enjoyed enough of the glory and wealth in the world, how can I die?
So Shen Zhentao held his trembling left hand with his right hand, and his voice was also extremely trembling: "What...... How...... Don't kill me? ”
The shadow took two steps forward, gradually appearing in the candlelight. It was a masked man in black, holding a silver sword in his hand. The voice of the man in black was low and terrifying, and the pupils of his eyes emitted black light, making Shen Zhentao feel a palpitation. This was the step taken by the god of death, and the man in black gently spat out two words in his mouth: "Can't!" ”
Blood splashed, Shen Zhentao covered his neck with his hands, but he couldn't suppress the blood from rolling out. But in the end, the desire to survive still tells me to ...... Find someone to help, so Shen Zhentao grew his mouth. A gleam flashed in the eyes of the man in black, and as soon as the silver light flashed in his hand, he heard the sound of the head of the "Gululu" falling to the ground.
The candlelight in the darkness swayed from side to side twice, and the faint one was almost extinguished, but it was not extinguished. A breeze blew, the wind brought by the opening and closing of the window, and the flickering candlelight finally dimmed. All was silent.
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The morning sun shone into the house, and the whole world suddenly brightened. It seemed like a very ordinary day, no different from what it used to be.
Su'er still knocked on Duan Chong's door early, beckoning the servants to serve their little masters to wash. After some tossing, Duan Zhong could finally sit peacefully on his campus, drinking morning tea and eating eggs.
Jiang Mingchen had already changed into civilian clothes, sat opposite Duan Zhong openly, and ate breakfast together.
Duan Chong's eating appearance was very indecent, at least the egg yolk hanging on his mouth did not mean to wipe it off at all, but raised his head with a smile and said to Jiang Mingchen: "Last night, there should have been a lot of interesting things happening." ”
Jiang Mingchen nodded: "Ji Wuchang should have already started, and the news should be able to come tonight." ”
Duan Zhong sighed: "If it weren't for you, I would have suffered a big loss." After all, not everyone can know that there are a pair of ears hidden outside the window. ”
Jiang Mingchen said: "I believe that the second prince will do a lot of things after knowing that we have anticipated many things." ”
Duan nodded his head: "Since we can't find his flaws at the moment, of course we must let him do a little more, so that we can have more opportunities to find his flaws." As he spoke, he drank the last sip of tea, and swallowed a touch of egg yolk on the side of his mouth with his tongue, and then breathed a sigh of relief. This news to Hangzhou, you have to find a way to intercept it for me. ”
Jiang Mingchen nodded: "Then over there in Hangzhou, do you really want to go?" ”
Duan nodded his head: "It's natural. Since you want to act, you always have to act realistically. The second prince is a smart man, and he is not so easy to deceive. Duan Zhong sighed, Hangzhou is a good place, and he naturally doesn't want to go. Although he wants to pull the prime minister down, he has not thought about Lord Liao Zhangjin's daughter these days. But there is a big trouble in Hangzhou.
Thinking of Master Li's charming carcass, Duan Zhong swallowed his saliva. It's a pity that she is a woman whose martial arts are much higher than herself, and she was ...... to her before How should I face it this time? I don't know if she received the letter she wrote a few days ago. Really...... Troublesome!
Duan Zhong looked at the sky and sighed, looked at Su'er who was taking care of the flowers and plants in the distance, and smiled helplessly: "I naturally went to this Hangzhou by myself." You can make a show, and then recruit some people to go to Hangzhou secretly. Duan Zhong sighed, "But be careful on this road, I always feel that the second prince will not let you go to Hangzhou so easily." ”
Jiang Mingchen nodded: "I'll pay attention." ”
Duan Zhong waved his hand, signaling that Jiang Mingchen could retreat, but he remembered something again, and suddenly admonished: "Die less!" ”
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Just when our little prince Duan Chong and Jiang Mingchen were eating breakfast comfortably, the second prince Xiao Beiding of Nanliang had already hurriedly got into the carriage and left the palace in a hurry. Along the way, the carriage did not stop at all, and drove straight towards the prime minister's mansion.
When I arrived at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, someone had already greeted me outside. All the way, His Royal Highness Xiao Beiding was welcomed into the study of the Prime Minister. And Prime Minister Zhu Zhenyang was already waiting in the study.
As soon as he sat down, the second prince of Xiao Beiding opened his mouth directly: "What you said in your letter is absolutely true? ”
Lord Zhu Zhenyang nodded solemnly: "This is the news that a master heard about it. This time, the Dongyi people made a big move, so they won't come over to deceive us, after all, it won't do them any good. And the news they came from couldn't be made up at all, and there were a lot of hidden secrets in it that only you and I knew. ”
Xiao Beiding's face was cloudy: "The lonely king is the prince who underestimates this Dali." I didn't expect him to have such a means to know so many things, and he was by no means an easy character. Over there in Hangzhou, have you sent a message to the past? ”
Zhu Zhenyang shook his head: "Not yet, I have been waiting for His Highness to come to discuss before making a decision." Duan Chong's Dongyi's people have been watching, and if there is any trouble, it will naturally reach us as soon as possible. ”
Xiao Beiding sighed: "I've been really careless lately. Jiangnan is the foundation of silver money, and there must be no mistakes, which you must know better than me. Without silver, the Dongyi people are a pack of dogs that can bite people. ”
Zhu Zhenyang nodded, but listened to Xiao Beiding continue: "Duan Chong's power must not allow him to grow anymore, no matter what method you use, you have to suppress my ideas." It's the brothel on the edge of the Qinhuai River, even if it opens, you have to promise to let it be a good place for me. As for the ...... outside the building," the second prince paused, "Don't move yet, the Dongpo Meat Lonely King in the building likes it very much." ”
Zhu Zhenyang nodded and said, "I'll arrange these things immediately." I'll remind you of that too, Your Excellency the Governor. As for the salt merchants in Jiangnan, Wei Zhigao and the Shen family, after all, they are the ones who want to see the meaning of the palace, let's put some pressure on them, and don't make any trouble. ”
Xiao Beiding nodded and continued: "Duan Zhong has a very powerful assassin under him? ”
Zhu Zhenyang nodded: "Yes, this assassin came to Daliang with Duan Chong, and he is a royal guard in the Dali Palace, but I don't know why the means in this dark are so powerful." ”
Xiao Bei thought about it for a while, and finally made up his mind: "Duan Chong's arms must be cut off one by one, and this person can't be kept." Since he wants to lead people to Hangzhou, you will order someone to intercept me halfway, and don't let him set foot on Hangzhou with even one foot. ”
Zhu Zhenyang nodded.
And the second prince finally sighed and muttered: "Big brother, big brother, this helper you found back really gave me a lot of problems!" ”