The carriage drove slowly on the official road leading to Xiangzhou Mansion.

Today's Dragon Boat Festival, they spent it on this official road.

In the early hours of the morning, Lin Feihong caught up with their carriage.

He brought the news he heard at Donghu Villa to Zhang Xiang.

After Zhang Xiang heard this, he was like an initiation, like waking up from a dream, and he was enlightened.

Hahaha laughed for a long time, causing the slaves to think that he had lost his mind.

Lin Feihong didn't sleep all night, so Zhang Xiang gave him the carriage to sleep.

In the evening, the carriage drove to a hill, and Zhang Xiang asked the convoy to rest on the spot, and tonight he lit a fire here and set up camp to rest.

Sitting on the hills, looking at the side dyed red by the sunset in the distance, Zhang Xiang's face was calm.

He has understood everything.

Lin Feihong had already gotten up and sat down next to him: "I still don't understand why you want me to go to Donghu Villa to find out the news, these news can only prove that this Yang girl in Donghu Villa wants to rob this batch of military rations from Xichuan Road." ”

"That's enough."

Zhang Xiang nodded, and said slowly: "With the breakthrough of this news, I understand that Wei Lie went to Pingzhou last year to win over the families of these Honglu Temple envoys who had died in the Chongguan negotiations, and he wanted to use the remaining resources in their hands to achieve the goal of cutting off the rear supply of the Southern Chu army, because the original Honglu Temple envoys were all meritorious people to the imperial court, and their family's status in Southern Chu naturally rose, if they want to act, no one will doubt it, Although I don't know what method this Wei Lie used to win them over, but I was able to win these people together, and it is clear that this Wei Lie's move is very good. ”

"In this way, Wei Lie already knew that there would be this battle between Southern Chu and Northern Liao, so he took this move in advance, as for how he knew, I can't think of it now."

Zhang Xiang sighed lightly and shook his head: "Indeed, no one has ever doubted it, I have never doubted it, after all, this Kang family is a loyal family taught by the emperor himself, who would have thought that his Kang family would be opposed?" It's ironic! No wonder, I couldn't figure out what the problems were, but now I finally do. ”

"Kang Yu, Tong Jingchu, Kong Fu, Xia Dinghe, etc. all play a vital role in this, I heard Mr. Su, last year's famine, there were many beggars who fled into Pingzhou City, at that time this Tong Jingchu rescued a lot, a few days ago, the beggars who stole grain in Pingzhou City should have been instructed by him, the purpose is very simple, that is, to want General Pang to increase the guards. This guard is related to Xia Dinghe, Xia Dinghe was the commander of the Weisheng Battalion on Hebei East Road, and the friendship with General Pang is not bad, General Pang has been with me, Feng Zheng under him was promoted by Xia Dinghe to join the army, the granary guard of Pingzhou Caoyun Wharf was arranged by Feng Zheng, Chen Qi has been with me, this Feng Zheng and Xia Dinghe have seen Kang Yu together, then this has to be done, the guard who arranged to go in should be Xia Dinghe's person, after Xia Dinghe was dismissed by the imperial court, it is not surprising that some loyal subordinates follow him. ”

"As for this Kong Fu, he is the teacher of the mansion of the transfer envoy Lord Fang, and Lord Fang also trusts him, he participated in the formulation of this plan for transporting waterways, he must be familiar with this plan, and he provided the scheme for transporting waterways, so those escort officers and soldiers who were arranged by Feng Zheng were able to scuttle the boats at the canal ferry on Huainan East Road, so that so much grain sank into the river."

"The same is probably the case in Linzhou Mansion, where the boats of Jiangnan East Road and Liangzhejiang Road will meet at the Huainan East Road Canal Ferry, which is the best place for them to start."

Thinking of all these connections, Zhang Xiang couldn't help but smile bitterly: "The black hand behind this destruction of military rations is this Wei Lie, he wants to cut off the reserve supply of Southern Chu, so that the war between Southern Chu and Northern Liao in Liangzhou is not so smooth, or, he wants Southern Chu to suffer heavy losses, so that he can take advantage of the situation to raise troops and restore the country." He arranged Yang Yue in Jingzhou to rob the military rations from Xichuan Road, if this batch of military rations came into his hands, he would have more capital to raise troops. ”

"Xichuan Road, Yuandu Mansion, Zhending Army, it turns out that they are going to raise troops from Yuandu Mansion, then it seems that Sun Qing, the commander of this Zhending Army, is also reversed, Wei Lie is the general of the former Chu Zhengxi, and he was also stationed in Yuandu Mansion to resist Xijin, he is more familiar with Yuandu Mansion than Sun Qing, as long as the Zhending Army is reversed, there are Wei Lie and Sun Qing in charge, and it is really not a difficult thing to control Yuandu Mansion and even the entire Xichuan Road."

Over, Zhang Xiang's brows furrowed tightly, although this was just his guess, but he could only think of this association, if it was true, it would be a disaster.

Lin Feihong didn't know so much, or he didn't want to understand so much, after listening to Zhang Xiang's words, he just said calmly: "Since you know everything, what do you want to do?" ”

"What else can I do?"

Zhang Xiang shook his head helplessly: "Even if I know, then this thing hasn't happened yet, who will believe it?" And now to spread the news, I'm afraid it's too late, if I guess correctly, after the tenth generation, as long as Yang Yue and Wei Zhuang robbed the military rations in Jingzhou, then Wei Lie, Liu Qingyin, Yang Li and Sun Qing will also start to raise troops in the Yuandu Mansion, even if it reaches the Yuandu Mansion, if the prefect of the Yuandu Mansion believes it or not, how can you know that the prefect of the Yuandu Mansion has not been rebelled? If you do what you say, you can only bring yourself to death. ”

"Don't think about it on the court side, Sun Qing is the guard general in the west of Nanchu, and Nanchu puts the safety of the west in his hands, if you are with the court now, Sun Qing is opposed, does anyone believe it? Maybe the court will still treat you as a traitor who deceives the public. ”

Lin Feihong said in a deep voice: "Then you can't do nothing, right?" ”

Zhang Xiang pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "The only thing I can do now is to rush to Yingzhou as soon as possible, I am worried now, Xijin knows if the Zhending army wants to oppose this matter, if the Zhending army rebels, the troops will all go south and concentrate on Yuandu Mansion, then Dingzhou, Yingzhou, and Lizhou in the west will fall into a situation without military support, and it will become the three breakthroughs for Xijin to attack Southern Chu, and it is difficult to resist the Xijin army with their strength alone, and the strength of Xuanzhou Mansion is currently in the battle of Liangzhou, and it is impossible to support the west. The west side relies on the Zhending army and these state soldiers to cooperate with each other, if Xijin knows that the Zhending army has rebelled against Southern Chu, then he will definitely not let go of this opportunity, Dingzhou, Yingzhou and Lizhou will become the key to Xijin's attack on Chu. ”

"You go and prepare paper and ink for me, I will repair a letter and go to Snow God Mountain first, let the Snow God Sect stare at the situation in Dingzhou first, don't worry about Lizhou for the time being, Xijin wants to attack Lizhou, it will go down from west to southeast, then this can't avoid Yingzhou, as long as Yingzhou is fine, Lizhou will be fine, we can rush to Yingzhou as soon as possible now, if the Xijin army really attacks, then we can do something to some extent."

That night, Zhang Xiang's letter flew to Xueshen Mountain, and he also received a letter from Li Yanzhi and the princess from Pingzhou the next morning.

The letter he sent to Li Yanzhi a few days ago was to ask him to keep an eye on the traces of Kang Yu, Kong Fu, Xia Dinghe and Tong Jingchu, and then report it to him.

Li Yanzhi replied, since the news of the Jiangnan military grain sinking in the second day of May spread, these people have disappeared in Pingzhou as if the world has evaporated, not only Zhang Xiang thought that these people have a problem, after the incident, the transfer envoy Fang Tai took the lead in looking for Kong Fu, but did not find it, Feng Zheng under Pang Bo also disappeared, General Pang was also looking for Xia Dinghe, and Li Yanzhi sent Chen Qi to Kangfu and Tongfu to inquire about the news in the past few days, but these two mansions have long been closed, and there are few people.

In addition, Li Yanzhi also brought the latest news, as the Jiangnan military rations, the prince and the household servant have been recalled to Beijing by the emperor for the crime of unfavorable affairs, and the court has become a pot of porridge, the emperor is furious, and has sent the criminal department and the imperial history platform to Jiangnan to investigate this incident.

The transit envoys of Jiangnan East Road and Liangzhejiang Road were temporarily supervised by the local prefect and were not allowed to go out, and all those involved in Caoyue, from the prince to the officers and soldiers, were all imprisoned.

The more than 90,000 stone of grain saved has been received by the Bianjing forbidden army sent by the imperial court and transported to Bianjing by land.

That is, when the officers and soldiers of Caoyun were imprisoned, they found that Feng Zheng and many officers and soldiers under General Pang were gone, and they were suspicious.

In the past few days, all the state capitals on Jiangnan East Road and Liangzhejiang Road have been ordered to close the city, and all people entering and leaving the city must be investigated, vowing to find these missing Caoyun officers and soldiers.

In short, judging from the content of Li Yanzhi's letter, Jiangnan is now a mess.

In addition, the letter he wrote to Zhao Hanyan was to ask her if she knew all the information about the 25 Rao of the Honglu Temple Envoy Group, and if she knew, she would tell him that if she didn't know everything, she would visit Su Shaoyuan, Su Shaoyuan should know that Zhao Hanyan gave him all the news he wanted to know.

She also asked Zhang Xiang if he knew something?

Then Zhang Xiang replied to her again, he didn't know much, that is, he only remembered it after the incident, he asked Zhao Hanyan to repair the imperial court, and control all the people who had something to do with the envoy group of Honglu Temple, and the matter of the military rations sinking into the river may be related to these people, just check them.

After hearing the conversation between Yang Yue and Wei Zhuang, although Zhang Xiang was sure in his heart, he didn't affirm Zhao Hanyan, just in a skeptical tone, because if this matter is definitely going, the court will also suspect how he knows, then he will be involved, which will make him feel very troublesome, and now his biggest thing is not to go to Yingzhou to move the grave of his parents who are slaves, but to rush to Yingzhou within ten days to report to prevent Xijin from capturing Yingzhou before the Zhending army rebels against the imperial court.

In addition, he also mentioned that let the imperial court care about the military rations on Xichuan Road, as for whether the imperial court does not care, he doesn't know, what he can do has already been done.

He asked Zhao Hanyan to tell the court that these things were already the limit he could think of, no matter how much he couldn't, it would also involve him, after all, what hadn't happened yet, how did he know?

He can't guess and analyze it based on the fact that Wei Lie and Liu Qingyin want to restore the country! There are more things involved, and it is not clear to explain them.

He knew the information of Wei Lie and other former Chu remnants but did not inform the imperial court, which was already a matter of not reporting it and was going to be killed.

And as soon as this matter came out, it would involve the Snow God Sect again, and if he was a court colt and was known to have an affair with a rebel like the Snow God Sect, it would be even more difficult to explain.

Faced with the trade-offs of these things, Zhang Xiang also had a headache to think, and in the end he could only do this.

As for how the imperial court wants to solve it, he doesn't care.

On the sixth day of the first month of May, Zhang Xiang asked the convoy to step up its pace, and it was expected to arrive in Yingzhou within 10 days.

According to the slave's memory, her parents died on the official road leading from Yingzhou to Xuanzhou Mansion, and according to her law, Zhang Xiang guessed that it was not far from the territory of Hedong Road.

If you want to find the deserted grave of the slave's parents first, and when you arrive at Jin'an Mansion, you have to go east, then it will delay the time to go west to Yingzhou.

So Zhang Xiang said to her, after Jin'an Mansion, he would go to Yingzhou first, as long as Yingzhou settled down, he would take her to find her parents' graves.

The slave is also a sensible woman, knowing Zhang Xiang's worries, she nodded her head, if Yingzhou is lost, even if she finds her parents' deserted graves, she will not be able to return to her roots, so it is necessary to protect Yingzhou Taiping first so that the bones of her parents can return to Yingzhou.

……

Xiangzhou, on the night of the sixth day of the fifth lunar month, Jiang Ming, the governor of Zhenxing Mansion, came to the alley agreed with Yue Changzhong last night.

There was a slight ruthlessness in his calm complexion.

Through a search in Xiangzhou, and then through the personal mouth of Xiangzhou Zhizhou, he has determined that Yue Changzhong is telling the truth.

Although he is not a smart person, but he is a master who admits death, the Song Governor of Zhenxing Mansion has the grace of knowing him, and asked him to escort Chen Taishi's birthday gang to Bianjing, he feels that he must be delivered safely, otherwise he will live up to the expectations of the Song Governor's Mansion.

I didn't expect that someone in Xiangzhou would rob him of his birthday, and his temperament was unbearable, which was tantamount to ruining his good future.

After a while, Yue Changzhong, who was wearing a night suit and a hat, appeared.

Jiang Ming arched his hand at him: "Brother Yue." ”

Yue Changzhong on the opposite side also arched his hand and said, "Jiang Tizhi, do you believe my Yue's words?" ”

Jiang Ming nodded: "Thank you Brother Yue for the news, it was Jiang who mistakenly blamed Brother Yue for his kindness, Brother Yue gave up the darkness and turned to the light, if you can tell me such important news, Jiang will definitely cooperate with Brother Yue." ”

Yue Changzhong arched his hand and said: "Now that I am a wanted criminal in the imperial court, I can't argue with the murder, I don't ask for anything else, I just want to be able to make meritorious service for the crime, so that the Xiangzhou government can punish me lightly." ”

"Then what does Brother Yue want to do next?" Jiang Ming asked.

Yue Changzhong said: "This Ran Biao is still a little wary of me, and he has never told me how to act, but just asked me to obey, I am now poisoned by him, and I can only listen to him." But Jiang Tizhi rest assured, when you leave, just go as usual, the ten-mile route from the courtyard where you live to the south gate of Xiangzhou remains unchanged, no matter what plan Ran Biao has, he will do it to you on this road, you let the Lord Xiangzhou Zhizhou arrange more people to hide in the dark places of this road, as long as he acts, we can work together inside and outside, and besiege him Zheng "

"Also, Ran Biao's purpose is only to be a member of the Birth Gang, he won't entangle with you more, in order to ensure the safety of the Birth Gang, I suggest that Jiang Ti Zhi hide the real thing in the courtyard first, and when Ran Biao's group of bandits is caught, it will not be too late to go again..."