When Zhang Fu said goodbye to his mother and took the guards out, he replied to his mother's last advice in his mind: "Child, my mother just asked you to keep an eye on it, not to betray the prince, you must behave well when you arrive in Zunhua, if the battle situation is in favor of the prince, your mother will let your sister go to the prince and transfer you to the south to participate in the war; If the battle situation is unfavorable, it's not too late for you to make plans, my Zhang family is not a capricious person after all. ”

After Zhang Fu left the city, he galloped away with the five thousand cavalry who had been waiting outside the door. Zhu Gaoxu did not go to Zunhua, he wanted to sit in Beiping and be ready to reinforce Tongzhou at any time, and Zhang Fu also had to go south from Zunhua at any time to rescue Tongzhou.

When galloping, the spring breeze in March blew Zhang Fu's young face, cool and comfortable, his father's early death made his young shoulders bear too heavy a burden, making him look a little rickety at this time. Today's mother's words made me re-acquaint myself with the current situation, and I also remembered what my father had said.

When Emperor Yuan Shun fled north, there were Han and Mongols around him, but they had one thing in common, they all relied on military salaries to eat, and they couldn't farm, let alone milk mare's milk, shear sheep, and make wool felt. Therefore, they who can ride and shoot well have basically become the guards of the Great Khan, accepting the offerings of the surrounding Mongolian tribes, and concentrating on fighting the emerging Ming Dynasty. However, these people were constantly consumed in previous battles, although Xu Da was defeated in the decisive battle of Lingbei in the fifth year of Hongwu, but Mongolia was also heavily damaged, and the biggest loss was actually the Great Khan's guards. With the gradual death of Prince Timur and General He Zongzhe, the local Mongolian aristocratic forces gradually infiltrated the Guards and grasped more right to speak. The Mobei Han and the Sinicized Mongols have always been at odds with these native forces, for the simple reason that the Sinicized Mongols look down on these native forces and consider them barbarians; And the local forces think that the other party is incompetent, otherwise how could they lose the flowers and let the cowardly southerners take power? They believe that the prosperity of Dayuan was the result of the defeat of these waste that cannot be grazed.

The privy envoy of the Yuan Dynasty controlled the soldiers and horses of the world, and was generally concurrently served by the crown prince, so the privy council was the highest official of the privy council, and his father was able to achieve the position of the privy council, which fully demonstrated his father's ability and the khan's trust in him. But with the gradual rise of the local aristocracy, his father felt that Yuan Heijun's eyes were becoming more and more strange, as if he was guilty, helpless, and a little unbearable, of course, this was what his father said, in Zhang Fu's view, there were many exaggerated elements, and such complex emotions should not be able to be expressed, nor could they be seen, just his father's imagination. But my father made a quick decision and fled south with my mother, myself and my sister, but not long after escaping, I was chased and killed, and my father's pro-army resisted desperately, almost suffering casualties, and was lucky enough to escape to Kaiping.

When I heard my father talk about this experience, I took it for granted, and I didn't feel that there was anything wrong with betraying and fleeing south, but I felt that my father acted decisively and couldn't wait for death in Mobei. But today's mother's words made me realize that the situation I am facing now is similar, once King Yan is defeated, as King Yan's henchman, his end can be imagined, his father is the chief general of the Chinese army of King Yan, and he once served as the commander of King Yan's army, any one of which is enough to destroy the family.

So what should you do? Zhang Fu smiled bitterly, he looked back at the south, King Yan should be heading south at the moment. Maybe there is a good place to go to Zunhua, if the prince wins, he will ask for orders to go south, if he loses, he does not fight with the court, he has a chance to get rid of his crimes, alas, life is really helpless, I want to be a loyal minister, but unfortunately God may not give me such a chance, Zhang Fu thought.

After Zhu Di rebelled, due to the shortage of military rations, he sent people to collect the surplus grain of the people to supplement the military supplies. Zhu Yunwen then ordered the generals in various localities to strictly investigate smuggling, prohibit the delivery of grain, weapons, cotton, and other items to Beiping, and impose a blockade on Beiping. Therefore, since Zhu Di raised the army, the life of the citizens of Beiping has deteriorated day by day, and the prices are inflated. But no matter how tight the fishing nets, there are always fish to pass through, a few years ago in the city of Beiping opened a grain shop, called "He family grain shop", it is said that the boss's surname is He, in the DPRK and China, you can transport some grain over, of course, the price is not cheap. According to the boss, it is not easy to pass the various cards, and it costs a lot of money to dot up and down, so I hope you can understand the expensive points.

The grain in Hejia Grain Store is very expensive, but it is all high-quality products, such as pearl rice from the south of the Yangtze River, snow-white refined salt and even delicious canned food. In today's resource-scarce Beiping City, it looks so eye-catching, so the wealthy families in Beiping, officials and even the Yanwang Mansion will occasionally send people to buy some things for their families to beat.

Just because the He family's grain shop is too eye-catching, so the shadow presided over by Jin Zhong has investigated several times, but no problems have been found, according to the news from the capital, this shop seems to have a great background, there is a saying that it is the emperor's younger brother, Zhu Yunxi, the king of Wu, but who it is, it is impossible to find out.

Jin Zhong put it down after investigating for a while, because the grain store was not large, there were not many things to sell, and there were fewer people, so it would not cause much damage.

The location of He's grain shop is on the street of Mingyufang near Xizhimen, the façade is not big, but the decoration is very gorgeous, very conspicuous. The street is the shop, the left hand of the door is grain, the right side is all kinds of oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, canned food, etc., generally there are two or three guys to greet, behind the guys is the counter, there is an account room responsible for checkout.

Although the shop is not big, there are a lot of people coming and going, so the guys and the account are quite busy.

Going around the counter and going to the back, there is a warehouse with some goods, and there is a guy in charge of watching the goods and making deliveries to the front yard. Behind this guy is a door, and behind the door is the general ledger of the grain store, where the general ledger of incoming and outgoing goods is completed.

In charge of the general ledger is a down-and-out talent in Beiping City, named He Shan, who can't read the four books and five classics, but he has a very good set of logarithms. It is said that when the He family grain store recruited men, he heard that he had the same surname as the owner, and the shopkeeper Zhuo Fan retained him after a simple test.

At this time, He Shan was not settling accounts, but looking at a note sent by the front yard account just now. The note read: "B did not report it, nor did he conduct a large-scale investigation, but only secretly investigated; In addition, this morning, A and B stayed in the ancestral hall for an hour before going out, and the content of the conversation is unknown. ”

After He Shan read it, he put the note in his sleeve, pushed the door and walked to the backyard.

The backyard is a simple three-room yard, where only the shopkeeper Lao Liu and his wife live, and the guys all live outside. He Shan walked slowly to the door of the West Wing, knocked lightly on the door and said, "Shopkeeper, I'm He Shan, can I come in?" ”

"Come in."

He Shan pushed the door in and found that Lao Liu was looking at a map of Beiping, and when he saw He Shan coming in, he smiled and said, "What's wrong?" What's the matter? ”

"Well, the shopkeeper, please take a look."

After Lao Liu read He Shan's note, he smiled with satisfaction, his body was slightly fat, his face was round, his eyes were small, and there was only one slit left when he smiled. However, he quickly recovered and burned the note: "Okay, it seems that the progress is good, it seems that this Zhang Fu also has other thoughts, good things." ”

"How do you see that?" He Shan was a little curious.

"He Shan, first of all, this Wang family already has a different heart, otherwise she will definitely pursue it vigorously, and even go to King Yan to ask for credit, the Mongols are in Zunhua, this is still a secret in Beiping, not many people know, if King Yan investigates, the person who reports to us is likely to be exposed, and she will make a great contribution, but she didn't do it."

"And before Zhang Fu left home, the Wang family asked him to go to the ancestral hall to give a lecture, which shows that it is a decisive matter, otherwise he would not go to the ancestral hall to say, combined with Wang's previous reaction, I dare to assert that she must have told Zhang Fu about this matter, and Zhang Fu did not choose to report it, what does this mean?"

"Oh, I see, this Zhang Fu has an antipathy."

"Hehe, it's too early to say, this Zhang Fu is just stepping on two boats. But he and his mother don't understand, as long as they have a different heart, there is no turning back, haha, the things that Lord Wang and Lord Tie confessed, there is finally hope. ”

"Hehe, my lord is smart, my subordinates understand!" When He heard this, a smile appeared on his face.

The person who sent the letter to the Wang family was not from the Investigation Department, but from the Intelligence Department, the director of the department was Tie Wuchen, and the direct leader was Wang Du, the chief minister of military aircraft.