Chapter 159: Flawless
As the saying goes, being prepared, doing anything, prior investigation is very important, for Zhang Fan, although he is not a paranoid person, but at least in the education he received in his two lives, the word "preparedness" is used very well.
After knowing the whole situation of what happened to Zhu Yijun in the past few days, Zhang Fan really wants to take action, no matter how natural and harmonious the matter sounds to him, but after all, this matter is related to Zhu Yijun, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, and the future Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty, so in this matter, Zhang Fan must be cautious, and even if he is more cautious, it will not be too much.
In fact, this matter is very simple, since this Ruan Er may be a potential danger to Zhu Yijun, for Zhang Fan, who now has the great responsibility of taking care of Zhu Yijun, the best way is to "rather kill the wrong than let go", he can let people make this Ruan Er, whether harmful or harmless, disappear from the world, and no one can find him again, but Zhang Fan doesn't want to do this, first, he is not so bloodthirsty and ruthless, Or that the time he has been in command of the brocade guard is too short, and he can't become so bloodthirsty and ruthless now; Second, Zhang Fan really cares about Zhu Yijun, for the future, the future of the Ming Dynasty, or more, for his own wishes, for the sake of the entire land of Shenzhou and the future of the Chinese people living here, he takes care of Zhu Yijun very carefully, trying not to let him feel a little emotional excitement or inappropriateness, so that this future emperor can form a strange habit that may appear in the future.
Of course, these things are very objective, Zhang Fan himself didn't fully know what he was thinking in his heart, maybe when he was free, he would have this kind of thought in his mind, but now Zhang Fan found that he had changed a little, he didn't know when he had encountered anything, he would let his subordinates find out and find a way.
Zhang Fan didn't say that there was anything wrong, he would do things like this in the past, but the difference was that he didn't have so many powerful subordinates in the past, and he could find out a lot of things that he could use in a short period of time, in the past, he would only guess by himself based on the information he obtained, but now he has 5,000 Jinyi guards under his command alone, and these people are pervasive in the entire huge Ming Empire, and Zhang Fan, is also accustomed to sending them to investigate intelligence for themselves, as if this is what they should do, or rather, Zhang Fan has slowly become accustomed to this way of doing things after half a year of Jinyiwei commanding envoy career.
Whenever he thought about it, he was a little funny, it wasn't that it was anything interesting, but he was laughing at himself, thinking that when he first succeeded Zhu Xizhong as the commander, when he just knew how Jinyiwei did things on weekdays, he still secretly made up his mind in his heart, saying that he would never become the same as them, and even he had to find ways to make the entire Jinyiwei change because of him, but all this seems to be a joke now, Zhang Fan has gradually been assimilated by the general environment of Jinyiwei, he is not a great man after all, he is just an ordinary person, of course, the most helpless thing for Zhang Fan is that now he has discovered this very clearly, although he also knows that his change is not a good thing, but his subconscious tells himself that he does not want to change this situation at all, this kind of ...... It's too much of a situation where you have so much power that you can figure out anything right away...... It's wonderful.
These are Zhang Fan's thoughts in his spare time, although he thought of a lot, but it was just a blink of an eye, after all, for Zhang Fan today, he is very busy, and there is not much leisure time left for him to think about this kind of thing, no, Zhang Fan has just finished laughing at himself, and Liang Chao is here.
"My lord," Liang Chao walked in, asked his subordinates to guard the door of the room, closed the door, and came to Zhang Fan, "The matter that the lord asked the lowly to investigate, the lowly has already sent someone to investigate, about that Ruan Er......"
"Wait," Liang Chao was about to continue, but Zhang Fan interrupted him, "When you asked people to investigate, you didn't attract anyone's attention, I don't want to send someone to investigate Ruan'er's matter before I can figure out what is going on, and it will reach Jun'er's ears, which will only make him more disgusted, after all, Jun'er may have some rebellious reactions at this age,"
"Hui Yu, my lord, I know that this matter is very important, so the brothers sent to investigate this matter are all good hands, and a few of them have even stayed in Yili Lili (in the area of present-day Xinjiang) for five or six years, but they have never been suspected by the locals, and please rest assured, Your Highness will never know that your Excellency has sent someone to investigate Ruan'er," Liang Chao replied proudly, but after saying this, he was a little puzzled, "But, then again, my lord, what is the 'rebellious period',"
"The rebellious period is ......" Zhang Fan just wanted to explain, but suddenly thought that he had put on a big oolong, and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, and hurriedly said: "It's nothing, I'll talk about it casually, tell me, what did you find, is there anything unusual about this Ruan'er,"
"My lord, the lowly subordinates have investigated almost everything that can be found in Quanzhou, all the people who may know this Ruan'er, including the owner of the opera garden, those who sing opera, and the places where Ruan Er lived before, those who live there, the lowly even sent people to the Quanzhou Yamen, let the county officials open the file, and find those few ruffians and hooligans who had molested Ruan Er to question," Liang Chao said here, looking a little troubled and disadvantaged, "This Ruan Er has no problem at all, her experience is exactly the same as what the adults heard from Nurhachi, There is nothing false about it, this Ruan Er has been staying in Quanzhou since she was born, and has never left here, and even before she entered this troupe, she rarely left the street where she once lived.
"She does have a younger brother, according to the locals, her younger brother has been very weak and sick since he was a child, when he was eight years old, because of a cold, Ruan Er did not have the money to treat him and died, in order to ensure that nothing went wrong, and even asked those people about the general appearance of her brother, in addition to being thin, Ruan Er's younger brother is indeed somewhat similar to His Royal Highness.
"I also asked about Ruan Er's singing, and the answer was the same, this Ruan Er did know how to sing, although she only knew some scattered lengths at that time, but according to the people on the street where Ruan Er lived, Ruan Er's drama sang well, especially they all said that although Ruan Er looked ordinary, she had an excellent voice, and she spoke very well on weekdays. I think that's why the owner of the opera garden signed Ruan'er,"
Zhang Fan frowned after listening to Liang Chao's story, he didn't believe what Liang Chao said, but felt a little strange, this Ruan Er does have a miserable past, and life is not perfect, but Zhang Fan listened to Liang Chao's words, and felt that this Ruan Er was really perfect, this perfection was for her life experience, what she told Zhu Yijun about her own life experience, and the role of her life experience for Zhu Yijun, there are more women in the world who have Ruan Er's kind of experience, Zhang Fan may be able to point to such a woman casually on the street, which is not a big deal, but now that this matter involves Zhu Yijun, this has to make Zhang Fan care.
"Oh, by the way, my lord, there is one more thing," Liang Chao suddenly thought of something, and said, "It was about half a month ago, this Ruan Er disappeared for a few hours for no reason, it was during the day, and no one usually cared about this Ruan Er, but on that day, Ruan Er happened to have a role on the stage, although it was a supporting role, but there were a lot of scenes, plus at that time, Ruan Er was also a little famous in this troupe, and some people went to listen to the play for her, plus Ruan Er Since the death of her brother, There is nothing to worry about, she has lived with the female drama inside after she entered the troupe, so she has never been late, so the people in the troupe are very anxious, but Ruan Er still rushed back before she took the stage, I heard that there was nothing wrong with the performance, but the boss of the troupe still scolded Ruan Er afterwards, and she also cried, except for that time when she disappeared for three hours for no reason, there was nothing suspicious, And everyone didn't know where Ruan Er was during that time, and she herself never mentioned it,"
After Zhang Fan listened, his brows furrowed again, and after thinking for a long time, he asked with a little hesitation: "Do you think it is possible that something happened in those three hours?"
"What do you mean...... Liang Chao also thought about it, "This Ruan Er may have been bought by someone in these three hours, or who replaced Ruan Er in what way,"
Although Zhang Fan was still puzzled, he still nodded.
Liang Chao thought for a while, shook his head and said: "I think it's unlikely, if this Ruan Er was bought by someone during that time, then it is nothing more than money, and now there is nothing in this world to threaten Ruan Er, after all, the younger brother she cares about the most is no longer there, if someone replaces Ruan Er, for example, disguise or something, this is also unlikely, not to mention that there are only a handful of people who are so proficient, and Ruan Er's words and deeds after that are no problem, The actors who were close to her didn't find anything abnormal, and the most important thing was that Ruan Er after the fight was still exactly the same as before, and even the tone of the singing did not change in any way. But if it is said that there is a disguised master who can sing the sea salt cavity and pretends to be Ruan Er, he really can't believe it, after all, the probability is too small,"
Zhang Fan listened to his words and felt that it was the same, things could not be so coincidental, even if it was, the other party spent so much effort to arrange a trap that Zhu Yijun might not be fooled with, is it worth it, you know, Zhu Yijun may not walk into that drama garden, but although Zhang Fan can finally let go of this matter now, in his heart, he always feels that this matter is not simple.