During the New Year's Festival last year, the three princes and the core men and horses of the Dragon Bird Army were trapped in Xichuan City and Jingzikou, and there was naturally no atmosphere of the New Year's Festival in the Linjiang Marquis' Mansion.

This year, the Linjiang Marquis Mansion was changed to the Linjiang County Palace, but at this time, it has been a month and a half since Han Qian, who was engaged in literature, absconded with Zuosi's soldiers and horses, but the bad influence has not disappeared, and the atmosphere during the New Year's Festival is like shrouded in the dark clouds before the rainstorm, which is breathless.

A round of stricter internal inspections and the implementation of a stricter surveillance system have already stirred up the chickens and dogs, but what is more serious is the blow to the prestige of the county king's mansion caused by the absconding incident.

The absconding incident exposed the weakness of the three princes' royal abilities.

Although it is a demanding requirement to propose to a young man who is only sixteen years old after the year to have a strong ability to be a royal subordinate, it is not a demanding requirement if you want to break the routine of establishing a successor and becoming the successor of Da Chu.

The absconding incident also exposed serious problems with the team of the county king's mansion.

Under such circumstances, among the many princes and ministers in the court, who else would be inclined to advocate replacing the crown prince with the third prince and becoming the candidate for the new emperor?

The Three Princes and Shen Yang and others were summoned to the palace by His Majesty many times to be questioned, not to mention, the original plan of the Dragon Bird Army to recruit some soldiers and horses from Junzhou, led by Zhou Yi, to Jinling to form a cavalry camp, was also directly stopped by His Majesty.

This part of the men and horses has been requisitioned in Junzhou, and Emperor Tianyou issued an edict to transfer Zhou Yi and this army and horses to Ezhou to garrison.

Although Emperor Tianyou did not have a clear intention in the edict, clear-eyed people knew in their hearts that Han Qian's absconding this time would not have been possible to arrive in Xuzhou without the acquiescence and permission of Tanzhou.

Jingzhou, north of Langzhou, has always been an important town in the west of the imperial court and Tanzhou in the south.

However, from Yuezhou to the east, through Ezhou and Huangzhou to Jiangzhou, the defense along the Yangtze River, especially on the south bank, is empty, and Emperor Tianyou will transfer Zhou Yi's troops to Ezhou, do you still need to say your intentions?

Of course, when Zhou Yi was stationed in Ezhou, Emperor Tianyou also specially gave a house to Zhou Yi in Jinling City, and the intention was more obvious, that is, Zhou Yi sent his wife and children to Jinling as hostages, and then went to Ezhou to serve as a military envoy.

For example, Guo Liang, Gao Chengyuan, Li Zhihe, Zhou Shu, Chen Jingzhou, Zheng Xingxuan, Zhou Yuan, Zhang Qian, and other major generals of the county palace and the Longque Army were all given houses near Fengxiang Street, to put it bluntly, it was convenient to monitor the neighborhood and prevent further absconding.

This incident was a serious blow to the Junwangfu and the Dragon Bird Army, but it dragged on until the Lantern Festival, and the court and China did not discuss the final disposition conclusion.

It is clear that the incident was not as simple as the absconding of a low-level official of the county palace.

It has been half a month since Han Daoxun, the assassin of Xuzhou, sent his guilty fold to Jinling, and Han Daoming, the assassin of Chizhou, took the initiative to rush back to Jinling to "report on his work" a year ago, and stayed in the Han Mansion in Jinling to wait for disposal; And Han Wenhuan, an old lady in her seventies, even asked her family to carry the sickbed into Beijing to enter the palace to plead guilty.

It's just that Emperor Tianyou did not allow Han Wenhuan to enter the palace, and he did not say anything about Han Daoming's stay in Beijing.

At this time, there are naturally a lot of people who fall into the well, but occasionally a few excerpts that impeach the Han family are sent to the palace, and they are also like stones sinking into the sea, and there is no response.

A horse-drawn carriage drove into Lanting Lane with ruts, and the bright horn windows boiled by sheep's horns kept the cold wind out of the car, and the light outside could also penetrate in, and the scenery outside the car could be roughly seen.

"Father, isn't Your Majesty already very inclined to cultivate the Three Princes, why did Han Qian abscond to Xuzhou?"

Wang Jun was wearing a fur jacket, her face was more and more delicate and bright, although the carriage did not stop, but she pushed the corner of the bright corner window, and saw that the entrance of the Han family's mansion was being guarded by several soldiers in brown robes at this time, and there were dust stains on the threshold, obviously no one had pushed open the two doors for a long time.

At this moment, Wang Jun couldn't help but think of the scene two months ago, when she broke into Lanting Lane at night to save Yin Peng.

Although she glanced at Han Qian from afar in the night light across the courtyard at that time, the moment Han Qian waved his hand seemed to be imprinted in her heart.

It was the impression of that moment that made it more and more difficult for her to understand Han Qian's absconding.

It's just that the feeling of that moment is difficult to ask as a reason, Wang Jun can only ask why Han Qian absconded when the third prince has hope of seizing the heir in front of her father.

"Who knows?"

Wang Wenqian spread his hands and said, no matter how delicate his mind was, it was impossible to guess what the doubts in his daughter's heart were, but whether the third prince had any hope of winning the heir, he just laughed at it, the foundation of the third prince was too shallow.

However, when he thought of Han Daoxun and Han Qian's father and son at this time, he didn't think about it, and it was useless to think about it at this time, what worried him was that the momentum of the Linjiang County Royal Mansion was greatly hit, and the chance of believing in the king became more slim, because His Majesty did not dare to easily move the current chess game at this time.

"What will Your Majesty do with this?" Wang Jun asked again.

"And what can be done?" Wang Wenqian spread his hands and said, "Han Daoxun, Han Qian's father and son are too smart, Xuzhou is south of Tanzhou, maybe they have secretly colluded with Tanzhou, will Your Majesty send troops to suppress them, or will they order Tanzhou to suppress them?" It's a dilemma to do it, I guess Your Majesty has been silent for so long, and when you endure this breath, maybe you will do the opposite! ”

"The other way around?" Wang Jun asked suspiciously, "Is it possible to reward the Han family's father and son for their merits?" ”

"What else can you do if you can't reach the whip?" Wang Wenqian said with a wry smile.

"Oh!" Wang Jun replied softly.

At this time, the carriage turned out of Lanting Lane, and Wang Jun inadvertently saw that in the courtyard of the backing hill behind Lanting Lane, the door opened a crack, and a woman in green looked over and screamed in surprise.

Wang Wenqian turned his head to look over, the head and face of the green-clothed woman had shrunk back, the door was closed again, and asked his daughter Wang Jun: "Who did you see?" ”

"It seems to be the Chun Niang that Uncle Yin said!" Wang Jun only glanced at Chun Thirteen Niang from a distance, and heard Yin Peng mention it afterwards, and he was very sure at this time, and said, "Han Qian was in this Chun Niang's mansion at the beginning, and caught Uncle Yin, and his daughter was worried that Uncle Yin would be victimized, so she rushed to intercede in a hurry, but she didn't expect to really save Uncle Yin." Now that I think about it, after Han Qian realized that the Feng family suddenly changed their attitude, the main thing was to prevent this Chun Niang from falling into the hands of us or the prince, just such a character, why was he not Han Qian's descendant, and didn't follow him to Xuzhou? ”

Wang Wenqian's brows condensed slightly, at present, according to the information source they infiltrated into the palace of Linjiang County, it can be confirmed that the left division of Jinyun Tower was secretly prepared by Xinchang Marquis Li Pu and Han Qian, and there must be a descendant of the Han family and the descendant of the Xinchang Marquis Mansion.

This Chunniang did not abscond with Han Qian to Xuzhou, so she should naturally be the descendant of the Marquis of Xinchang.

As far as Han Qian's absconding this time is concerned, it must have been carefully prepared, perhaps before the Feng family's case, Han Qian already had this idea, otherwise it would be difficult to go so smoothly.

It's just that in terms of the situation at that time, if the power of the descendants of the Xinchang Marquis Mansion in Zuosi was hit hard, wouldn't it be more altruistic to abscond?

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"Who came out of Lanting Lane?" Yao Xishui stood in the courtyard and asked.

"I didn't see it clearly," Wang Jun sat in the carriage, the light was quite dim, and Chun Shisanniang naturally couldn't see clearly, and said, "The carriage looks ordinary, but it is equipped with a bright corner window......

Sheep's horn is boiled into liquid with sour radish water and then solidified into a lampshade or window cover, which is called a bright corner lamp or a bright corner window, which is a method that Han Qian made more than a dozen bright horn lamps in Yandangji at the end of July last year and sent them to the county king's mansion.

If you really have the heart to inquire, it is not difficult to know this method, but this seemingly ordinary carriage is not an ordinary family, Yao Xishui thought to himself, at this time, there are still people who are paying attention to the movement in Lanting Lane!

"What's the news coming back from Xuzhou?" Chun Thirteen Niang saw Yao Xishui's spring eyebrows locked, and asked differently.

Han Qian absconded from Xuzhou, and the business exchanges between Tanzhou and Chenzhou had actually been interrupted, which also made it more difficult for the late Red Mansion to send people to infiltrate Xuzhou to find out the news.

If you can't openly travel by boat and waterway, how much time will it take to cross the mountains and mountains?

Yao Xishui also knew the latest information from Xuzhou at about this time.

"After his father and son staged a drama in Xuzhou that refused their son to enter the city and took the guilt of Jing petition, they disbanded the state camp that was controlled by the four surnames before, and newly organized the state camp, prison camp, and water camp, at this time the prison camp 500 soldiers controlled Qianyang City, Han Qian personally led the state camp 500 soldiers and the Feng family slaves and maids to settle down in the old hometown of the Xi family, Longya Mountain, I heard that there had been a new Linjiang County to recruit troops and horses, and all of them were private ......" Yao Xishui said about the letter that the spies only sent back today.

"......" Chun Thirteen Niang sighed slightly, and said, "What else is there to say now, the Han family father and son are making every effort to use the resources in their hands to consolidate their foundation in Xuzhou at this time, and the native surname forces in Xuzhou have not made any moves, probably waiting for the attitude of Jinling, right?" Emperor Tianyou should also be very aware of the situation in Xuzhou at this time, right? ”

"I don't know if the Inner Government Bureau has sent spies to the past, the Privy Council staff department set up a new room in Hongzhou after the absconding incident, which is obviously convenient for its eyeline spies to cross Luo Xiaoshan and sneak into Shao Hengchen and Xuzhou south of Tanzhou to spy on the situation, Emperor Tianyou should be clear about the situation in Xuzhou at this time." Yao Xishui said.

"What will the DPRK and China do, has Marquis Li entered the palace to inquire about the latest news in the past two days?" Chun Thirteen Niang asked.

"There was a lot of discussion in the court, and Emperor Tianyou didn't say a word, no one knows what kind of will be made in the end? But except for Zhou Yi as the military envoy of the Ezhou camp, Emperor Tianyou has no intention of continuing to send more troops and horses to Ezhou, it is estimated that the Han family father and son will succeed, right? Yao Xishui said.

Chun Thirteen Niang secretly said yes, and at this time, she heard a fast horse galloping outside, stopped and knocked on the courtyard door.

Chun Thirteen Niang opened the courtyard door, but saw that it was a soldier sent by the Marquis of Xinchang, and saw Yao Xishui and said: "As far as the state affairs are concerned, the palace has passed down the decree, and the Hou Ye invites Miss Yao and Thirteen Niang to go to the Hou Mansion ......"

"So fast?" Yao Xishui believed that Emperor Tianyou should have just known the latest situation in Xuzhou, but he didn't expect to make a final decision so soon, and asked, "What about my father-in-law?" ”

"Master Zhang is with Master Hou." The person who came said.

Yao Xishui guessed that it should be her father-in-law Zhang Ping who got the news first, so he rushed to the Xinchang Marquis Mansion to inform him of the matter, and she and Chun Shisanniang did not delay, and prepared the carriage to rush to the Xinchang Marquis Mansion.