"Brother, don't look down on this Qiuyue clan, the Qiuyue clan itself is a national sword master, and there are also masters of the fog hidden stream under him, although it is not as good as Lin Tongsheng, it is also a fierce opponent that cannot be ignored. Listening to Yinhua, the Qiuyue clan once came to the Imuran Merchant House to kidnap Zhu Zhitong, but fortunately, he was very safe and did not teach him well, but he no longer dared to hide on the ground, so he hid Zhu Zhitong in Luo Bu's secret place. ”

"Oh? How can such things be...... But it's funny to say, the country of islands and reefs like grains of rice is also competing for royal descendants. What's more, even the country has sunk into the sea, and it is all a mud mound that is difficult to protect itself, so what are you fighting for? Wen Lan sneered, as if she was completely despised, and as soon as the words came out, she felt that something was wrong, pointed out of the car, and asked her brother with a look.

He smiled gently: "Brother, don't worry, at this time, Lin Tongsheng should be staring at the lord of the country in the city, not nearby, and can't hear it." ”

Half an hour later, the two elders of the Wen family and the patriarchs of the three clans had already left the city, except for Mo Daqiu, who returned to the merchant house, and the rest of the people returned to their camps.

After resting in the car, the two elders of the Wen family were in much better spirits. Especially Wen Lan, as soon as he entered the account, he was in a hurry to let Wen Wen call the secret agent in.

After the spy entered the account, he took out a small cylinder one finger long from his sleeve and handed it to Wen Wen, and replied: "According to the orders of the privy councillor, the little man has been waiting by the poultry house next to the palace of Laiyi, and there has been no movement until this morning, when someone tied this letter to the pigeon harrier's feet and released it. ”

Wen Lan was stunned when she heard this: "Let it go?" The pigeon harrier flies high and fast, how can you get this letter once it is released? ”

He smiled gently: "Brother, don't worry, I know the ability of that pigeon harrier, so when my brother told me to keep an eye on the poultry house, I borrowed an eagle from Hunying earlier." No matter how high and fast the pigeon harrier flies, how can it be faster than Hunying's eagle? ”

Wen Lan nodded again and again: "Your mind is really much more detailed than mine." As he spoke, he hurriedly took the secret letter and looked at it.

Gently motioned for the spies to go out first, and then raised a lamp to his brother to shine it on his behalf, and asked, "What is the situation in the letter?" ”

Wen Lan laughed, handed the letter to Yu Wen and said: "You can see for yourself, as I expected, the Ming Emperor agreed to my conditions so obediently, there must be a reason in secret." ”

Wen Wen took a closer look and said in surprise: "She...... She actually flew to Li Houcong for help and moved the soldiers? ”

"Hmph, isn't it. This trick is really a good advantage! If it weren't for my prediction that the enemy would be the first, I was afraid that she would really be calculated. ”

Gentle puzzled: "Brother, how do you say this?" I read this letter, but I still don't understand what the Ming Emperor thinks. Before, she was worried about luring wolves into the house, and would rather fight with me Imulan alone in Linzhou than borrow troops from Li Houcong, but now that the battle is over, how can she be willing to ask for help? ”

"It's because the battle is over that she will call for help!" Wen Lan sneered: "When Linzhou's victory was divided, she buried so many vicious strategies, and she estimated that she might still have a chance of winning, so she didn't want to ask Li Houcong for help." Now that Jin Yu is all gone, she is also in a cage, there is nothing to lose, at this time, ask for help, no matter what, you won't lose money, how can you not understand this kind of calculation? ”

"But Li Houcong is so smart, how could he be so easily hooked with just a letter."

"You see what she wrote in her letter, it was written that Linzhou was defeated because she had not asked for help in Cangwu State before, and now if Cangwu is rescued, she is willing to cut the border of Binzhou in Cangwu Country as a thank you. If this is really the case, the Hanjiang River will become the inland river of Cangwu country, and it will no longer be a moat on the edge of the border. How could Li Houcong not be tempted? ”

"This ...... This is just painting cakes to satisfy hunger, just a piece of paper, and I have to bluff a three-year-old child, how can I fool Li Houcong? ”

Wen Lan smiled: "Brother, there are some places where I am not as good as you, but there are some places where you are indeed kinder." Zhu Yutang wrote this letter for help, Li Houcong couldn't bear to send troops, he was planning to watch the fire from the other side, now my Imuran and Bihai have both lost, Bihai country's Binzhou cut or not, as long as he can cross the river, it will be as easy as finding out the bag, not to mention that my Imuran army is now the time when the vitality has not yet recovered, this matter is now a fact that everyone knows, he will not send troops at this time, and when? It's just that he always lacks a hands-on reputation, if it is said that it is the rescue of the allies, then why did he not move his troops earlier, and now he is willing to send troops, isn't he going to be criticized by the people of the world as a cunning person who sits and reaps profits? And the wonderful thing is that Zhu Yutang figured out his thoughts, and specially wrote in the letter that it was because Bihai did not ask for help and was defeated, and the responsibility was not in Bihai not in Cangwu, so that Cangwu's army became a benevolent and righteous teacher who took advantage of the situation, and Zhu Yutang's hand was really spicy. ”

Wen Wen thought about his brother's words repeatedly, shook his head and said: "I still don't understand, even if it's like what my brother said, but this Ming Emperor is already in our custody, and Li Houcong's rescuers are far away in the sky, how can we save her?" ”

That's her calculation again. If Li Houcong doesn't come, she is just a hostage, and together with Zhu Zhitong, it is not up to her whether she lives or dies. Once Li Houcong's army was carried across the river by the turtle-headed ships and tiger-headed ships on the blue sea of the Hanjiang River before the beginning of spring, the situation was very different. Imuram is now powerless to resist, and I am isolated by the snowstorm in the southern region and cannot escape back to Imuran, and the backup troops are also in the northern desert of Imuran, and I can only go south to rescue after the beginning of spring at the earliest. As soon as the Cangwu army arrives, we can only use Zhu Yutang's identity as the monarch of the blue sea to mediate with Li Houcong, so when the time comes, Zhu Yutang can not only save his life, but also take the opportunity to bargain with us, so we seem to have taken Taiye City, but in fact we have become the turtle in Zhu Yutang's urn! That's why she agreed so firmly to all the difficult conditions I proposed, and she didn't even blink an eyelid when Lu Wenbi's 8,000 guards were assigned to Imulan. Because she knows that Imulan's good times won't last long, and at most she won't be able to survive the spring! ”

"......I see," Wen Wen suddenly realized, "This is really a desperate situation, I can't imagine that this Ming Emperor is such a scheming person." ”

"Since I have anticipated these things, and the secret letter is in my hands, there is no need to worry. I'm worried about another thing right now. ”

"What is my brother worried about?"

"Didn't you hear what the agent said? This letter was only robbed this morning, but at that time, Zhu Yutang was entering the city with us, how could he send a letter to the pigeon harrier? ”

"Could it be that my brother suspects Zhu Zhitong of what he did?"

Wen Lan shook her head and said, "No, Zhu Zhitong didn't know in advance that there were pigeon harriers sent by Li Houcong in her mother's palace. ”

"But she whispered to her mother on the top of the hall today."

"In the main hall, Zhu Zhitong and her mother met for the first time after many months apart, and there was no exchange of news between them, and it was already early afternoon when they met, and the letter from the pigeon harrier was released early in the morning."

Wen Wen lowered his head and thought about it: "What my brother wants to say is that there are still people in ambush in Yongjinmen?" ”

"Yes, I am just worried about this, so I ordered you to take a closer look inside the Yongjin Gate, in order to prevent her from leaving any eyes and ears. It is no coincidence that she landed in the city today, and the pigeon harrier delivered the letter today, but there was an agreement in advance, but I am afraid that this agreement was made before Zhu Yutang went to Linzhou. Wen Lan looked at the secret letter in her hand, "For example, if she writes the secret letter in advance, and then gives it to that person, telling him that if Bihai is defeated, she will also fall into the hands of the enemy, then when the palace is lost, it will be the time when the pigeon harrier delivers the letter." ”

"Who could it be? But I did carefully check the inside of the Yongjin Gate, and there was no mistake. ”

"This person is actually not difficult to guess, Zhu Yutang abides by one sentence the most in his life, non-royal families are not allowed to enter the Golden Gate. In addition to serving the palace people on the left and right, she has indeed never made an exception for so many years. If I have to say it, that is, I was allowed to enter the door, and Zhu Zhiling secretly gave the lord of the country a sign and allowed him to enter and leave temporarily. Pigeon Harrier secretly believes that it is impossible to entrust such important things to the palace people, so there is only one person left in this world who can do things for the Ming Emperor loyally and without violating her Zhu ancestral teachings. ”

"Pei Guogong Lu Xing Yuan?!" Gentle and suddenly awakened.

"Not bad! In the past few days, I have been telling you to secretly investigate the traces of this person, but there has been no result, and the sons who asked him only said that they had gone to southern Xinjiang. But I would never believe that Zhu Yutang was captured, and he would be able to leave the country with peace of mind. How many times I tried to persuade him to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, but I couldn't succeed, but now there is no reason to abandon Zhu Yutang. So he must still be in Taiye City, and he is in Laiyi Palace! ”

"Then why didn't I find him?"

Wen Lan gently spit out two words: "Secret Passage......." Have you forgotten? On the Fuxing Platform that day, Lu Xingyuan swaggered into the city from the secret passage, and Zhu Yutang didn't do anything to him. If you know a secret passage, why not know more? Zhu Yutang seems to have imagined all the scenarios. ”

"What is my brother going to do? Tear up this secret letter and pretend you don't know anything? ”

Wen Lan smiled and pointed at her younger brother: "You can only do this with a mediocre strategy, and I have my own best strategy to catch them all." ”

"Oh? What's the best policy? "Gentle and curious.

Wen Lan waved her hand and said: "This is the best policy, we have to wait for another three or five days, now that the letter of state has been signed, the next step is to let Zhu Yutang pass the throne to Zhu Zhitong in front of the people of the world as soon as possible, you send someone to invite the protons of the small neighboring countries who have not yet had time to escape from the national capital to watch the ceremony, support the scene, let's politely finish this play, and by the way, let the lord live a few days of comfortable life, and reduce the hostility towards us." After that......"

As he spoke, he carefully put the secret letter back into the cylinder and stuffed it into his sleeve, as if talking to himself:

"Li Houcong's rescuers? Zhu Yutang didn't invite me, but I also wanted to invite. That Ye Zhiqiu waited for this day, but his hair turned white. ”