In the evening of the same day, Qin Huaiyi's impeachment note against Zhou Jin was sent to Dai Zhide's desk in Yichuan County.

Dai Zhide took Qin Huaiyi's recital, flipped through it and read it a few times, and finally sighed and finally made up his mind, and said outside: "Someone is here to prepare a horse for me, and this official will return to Luoyang overnight." ”

"Yes." The servants who were waiting outside departed.

"Go and ask Zhang Xianling to come and see me." Dai Zhide ordered again.

After a while, Zhang Qiang, the county commander of Yichuan County, came in, and he had been waiting in the outer courtyard for Dai Zhide to summon him.

When Dai Zhide saw Zhang Qiang arrive, he hurriedly raised his hand to stop him from saluting and said, "No need to be polite." When Zhang Qiang approached, he said solemnly: "Now things have developed in the direction we expected, and Zhou Jin, who was sent by the prince, is also very cooperative." I will immediately return to Luoyang and ask His Majesty to issue an order to arrest Zhou Jin and go to Luoyang, and invent the intention not to build canals and reservoirs in Zaiyichuan and Song County.

You are here to watch Dou Lu Yan lead the soldiers of the Yichuan gentry to attack the prince, no matter who wins or loses, you have to pretend not to know that the prince is in Yichuan County. ”

Zhang Qiang didn't understand when he heard this, and asked suspiciously: "Why didn't Lord Assassin Shi tell Your Majesty that the crown prince is in Yichuan?"

Dai Zhide didn't want to say it, because Zhang Qiang was now in need of it, so he explained: "The matter of the prince's coming to Yichuan will be known to His Majesty when the matter is bigger." ”

Zhang Qiang listened to it and thought about it for a while and understood that if Li Shimin made an order early tomorrow morning to no longer build canals and reservoirs in Yichuan and Song counties, the people of the two counties would still be opposed. Afterwards, it was discovered that Li Chengqian quietly led troops into Yichuan and fought a battle with the local scholars, so the responsibility for the chaos in the two counties was entirely on Li Chengqian alone.

After Dai Zhide finished explaining the matter, a servant came in and returned: the horses were ready, and Dai Zhide hurriedly set off for Luoyang.

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When Zhou Jin heard that Qin Huaiyi was hiding, he sent someone to send a letter to Ma Jiu, asking him to help find Qin Huaiyi.

It's just that as soon as the letter was sent, there was no follow-up, until late at night, when Zhou Jin was reading a book in the county government study and checking the official documents. Suddenly, I heard the sound of someone clapping my hands outside the courtyard, remembered that it was the code agreed with Ma Jiu, and hurriedly got up and walked out of the house.

Zhou Jin walked out of the house and saw that the guards assigned to him by Li Chengqian were all guarding the door, and commanded in a low voice:

"Come with me out and see."

Several people walked out of the courtyard gate, and the guards protected Zhou Jin in the center, stroking the hilt of the knife with their hands, and looking around vigilantly.

Through the dim light at the entrance of the courtyard, Zhou Jin saw two people coming out of the shadows in the corner.

"But Zhou County Order?" A figure asked in a low voice.

Zhou Jin saw that someone was coming and walked out of the guards, and the four-foot-tall Zhou Jin stood there as if he was in a deep pavilion, and said in a deep voice: "I'm Zhou Jin, who are you?"

"Xiaodao Ma Liu has seen Lord Zhou!"

The two saluted Zhou Jin again.

Then without waiting for Zhou Jin to speak, he stepped forward two steps, and said in a low voice: "The Guan Lord sent me to inform Zhou County Order, Cai Wenying is crazy, she sent someone to kidnap the Dao King and establish herself as Emperor Wenjia.

Tonight, the Sanming Immortal Sect will send people to attack the county seat of Song County, and now Song County is full of people from the Sanming Immortal Sect inside and out. ”

"What?" Rao is Zhou Jin had already prepared, and he was shocked when he heard the words.

Who would have thought that Cai Wenying would dare to be the emperor?

"Isn't Cai Wenying a woman?"

Although the situation was urgent, Zhou Jin couldn't help but ask.

When it came to Cai Wenying's gender, Ma Liu and another Taoist priest also looked gloomy, and said in a sullen voice: "Isn't it a woman?"

Obviously, these two Taoist priests were also depressed about Cai Wenying's claim to be emperor.

"In that case, let's go and report to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." A guard whispered to Zhou Jin.

Zhou Jin nodded, and asked Ma Liudao again: "I don't know if Qin Huaiyi can be found?"

"The Qin County Order has also been found, and now it is being held outside the city by our people. Please go out of the city with us, and we will naturally leave it to the adults to take with us. "Ma Liudao.

Zhou Jin turned around and glanced at a few guards, and when he saw that several people had no opinions, he turned back to Ma Liu and said, "Wait a minute, Daoist Lao, I'll go in and get some things." ”

"Your Excellency, please." Ma Liudao.

Zhou Jin glanced at the leading guard, and the guard entered the courtyard with him.

As soon as the two entered the house, Zhou Jin found a cloak and put it on, and whispered to the guard: "This is an urgent matter, these Taoist priests can't be fully trusted, and you will leave quietly when you leave the county office later." Hide in the county seat of Songxian County, stay until tomorrow to see if Cai Wenying is really the emperor, and then leave to send the news to His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

"Obey."

After that, the two walked out and walked out of the county office with Ma Liu.

The entire Song County was indeed infiltrated by the Sanming Immortal Sect, and Ma Liu, in the name of Ma Jiu, led Zhou Jin and the others all the way out of the county seat of Song County unimpeded.

Out of the county seat, Ma Liu led Zhou Jin to a small inn on the side of the avenue, where there were horses and dry food prepared by Ma Liu, as well as Qin Huaiyi, who was tied up with flowers.

Qin Huaiyi thought that he had hidden it tightly enough, forgetting that his good friend was also a frequent visitor to Ma Jiu Dao Chang, and he knew all Ma Jiu Dao Chang in Song County.

Looking at Qin Huaiyi and Zhou Jin, he was sure that Ma Liu and the others were really taking refuge in the imperial court, and immediately said to another guard: "You ride a fast horse and go to see His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"Your Excellency isn't going to see His Royal Highness the Prince?" The guard asked, confused.

"This official is going to Luoyang to see Your Majesty." Zhou Jin said resolutely.

Li Shimin doesn't like Zhou Jin, and everyone in the East Palace knows that in the past, if there was anything in the East Palace that wanted to contact Li Shimin or even Taiji Palace, they didn't arrange Zhou Jin to do it.

"My lord, let's go to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince first, and wait for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to decide." The guard persuaded.

Zhou Jin said solemnly when he heard this: "The matter of Yichuan and Song County has come to this point, and I have probably guessed what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is going to do, but His Majesty is in Luoyang right now, and there are many slanderers around him. If His Majesty does not listen to slander and gives an order to block His Royal Highness the Prince's actions, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will become the target of public criticism. ”

"In order to prevent this from happening, I will go to see Your Majesty first, at least let Your Majesty be suspicious of the slanderers, and buy time for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Although the guards couldn't understand Zhou Jin's words, they could also hear that Zhou Jin was planning for Li Chengqian, so he didn't say much and solemnly hugged his fist at him, turned over and went to find Li Chengqian.

Watching the guard go away,

The remaining guards and Ma Liu, with more than a dozen Taoist priests, also got on their horses and followed Zhou Jin to Luoyang.

The night was fast, and at the end of the second day, Zhou Jin and his party finally arrived in Luoyang.

"Xiaguan Donggong Zhan Shifu Sizhi Zhou Jin is ordered by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to ask to see Liu Zhongshu on important matters, please go in and pass it on your behalf!" Zhou Jin stood at the door and said good words, and said to the guards at the door.

The guard was tall, standing there looking at the top of Zhou Jin's head, with a look of disdain, and he didn't even hear what Zhou Jin said clearly.

Seeing that Zhou Jin never meant to send money, he said impatiently: "We are the Imperial Forbidden Army, guarding the door for Your Majesty, if you want to see Liu Zhongshu and wait for him to come out here." ”

"You!" Zhou Jinqi's face was pale.