Wang Ben also knew about the King of Qin, so he naturally understood Zhu Biao's intention to summon him, and after seeing Zhu Biao, he asked straight to the point: "Prince Xuanchen is here, but is it for His Majesty to summon King Qin and reward ferrets?" ”

Zhu Biao nodded, but did not show any worries, but mentioned another topic: "Do you know that in recent years, in the Jiangnan Jiangsu and Zhejiang generation, there are several major gangs in the rivers and lakes that have developed rapidly, it is said that these major gangs were formed by Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng, Han Lin'er and the backbone of the party, they hyped up how Zhang Thief and Chen Thief were kind to the people back then, so as to trick the people into joining the gang, it is said that these gangs have been amazingly powerful, not only in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but even have infiltrated the officialdom. Many local officials secretly colluded with or simply attached themselves to these gangs, and even officials in Beijing may have members of these gangs. ”

Wang Ben didn't understand why Zhu Biao suddenly mentioned this topic, but he still followed Zhu Biao's words: "The minister has heard that it is said that these gangs not only have many disciples, but also collect taxes from the people like the government, and then use the collected money to recruit troops and horses, and collect the loyalty of the dead. ”

Zhu Biao nodded: "Your Majesty has long been well aware of this matter, not only has he repeatedly ordered the local officials to thoroughly investigate this matter, and has sent Jinyi Wei to Jiangsu and Zhejiang for secret visits many times, but also secretly ordered several local thousands of households to secretly visit and pay attention to these gangs. ”

Wang Bendao: "But as far as the ministers know, there is no progress, these gangs are not only well-organized, but also the disciples of the congregation are also very loyal, and the court has no clear evidence, so it is not good to make a big move." ”

Zhu Biao said gloomily: "The reason why there is no progress is entirely because most of the local officials are perfunctory, and some of them catch a few thieves at random, and I suspect that those officials are not bought by these gangs, at least they have reached a tacit understanding with these gangs; Jinyiwei is very hard to investigate, but some Jinyiwei died in the local area is unknown, some simply disappeared, some have gone and have not returned, and what's more, the evidence that has been found is inconsistent, and it is impossible to distinguish which ones are true and which ones are false; As for the veteran ruffians of the Thousand Households, I suspect that they have been bought off by these gangs. ”

Wang Ben never understood why Zhu Biao said this today, so he didn't go on.

Zhu Biao continued: "Judging from the current situation, there is a gang called Tianchengzong, which was formed by Zhang Shicheng's remnant party, and has the greatest influence in Jiangsu and Zhejiang; Chen Youliang's remnant party Zhang Dingbian's gang is called Lei Xianzong, Lei Xian, it is nothing more than adding two strokes to the end of the sky, it is really a shame that they came up with it. According to Jinyiwei's visit, Zhang Dingbian's youngest son seems to have something to do with the fourth, and it is very likely that he is under the fourth child, but Mao Xiang did not catch the fool at that time. The other one called the Tianxia Alliance doesn't know which gang it is. Recently, I heard that several of their gangs are merging with each other, and it is estimated that they are grabbing land or distributing the spoils unevenly. ”

Wang Ben suddenly understood Zhu Biao's intentions, and asked speculatively: "What the prince means is that since King Yan is secretly colluding with these gangs, then the other vassal kings may not be clean, right?" ”

Zhu Biao sighed: "I'm afraid that my younger brothers have gone down the wrong path, you know, these gang members were the sworn enemies of my father and the emperor back then, and they were also the sworn enemies of my Ming Dynasty. ”

Wang Ben completely understood Zhu Biao's original intention of going around, King Qin was rewarded as soon as he left the palace, seeing that he was more and more favored by the emperor, the more powerful King Qin was, the greater the threat to the prince, so he must take advantage of Zhu Zhang's failure to become a climate, suppress his arrogance, so that Zhu Fan will never turn over, and involve Zhu Fan with the rebel party, which can not only fake the hands of others to put Zhu Biao to death, but also will not let the emperor suspect that Zhu Biao is retaliating, it is really a wonderful trick, thinking of this, Wang Ben couldn't help but shudder, He suddenly felt chills all over his body, a prince who has always been generous and benevolent, can actually come up with such a vicious conspiracy at a critical moment, it seems that he has seen it before, and cold sweat broke out on Wang Ben's forehead.

Zhu Biao didn't pay attention to the change in Wang Ben's demeanor, and said quietly: "You send someone to investigate, don't let my brothers go the wrong way." ”

Wang Ben bowed: "The lower official understands, and the lower official will arrange it." As he spoke, he stepped back tremblingly.

Zhu Biao stopped Wang Ben and explained: "Slow down, be cautious, since Mao Xiang's death, Jinyiwei no longer listens to dispatches, Jiang Jian is a person who is unreliable and unreliable, so try to find some reliable people to do it." ”

The heat in the capital is very hot, even if it is about to start autumn, but the night in the capital is still very hot, after the sea, occasionally blowing a cool breeze can slightly relieve the heat, if there is no wind, the heat wave is still all over the body, people can not sleep.

The residence of the Tobe servant Li Shu did not have this kind of trouble, because Li Shu's mansion was close to the Houhai area, and the wind blowing on the lake was mixed with water vapor, which was warm and cool, and it was very comfortable to blow on the body. Seeing that it was just three watches, most of the family members in the Li Shu Mansion were already asleep, and only Li Shu was standing in the patio looking up at the night sky, as if he was exploring the mysteries of the universe.

Suddenly, a trace of movement on the wall made Li Shu alert, Li Shu raised his hand, and then a black shadow more than a foot long fell to the ground, Li Shu smiled to himself, and said to himself: "It's a cat, it seems to be a ......" Before the words were finished, Li Shu suddenly moved his ears and frowned, at the same time, he did a side flip, and six flying needles passed through the place where he was standing just now, just when Li Shu was about to raise his hand again, a black shadow had already appeared in front of Li Shu, and in the blink of an eye, it was a five-move combo, and at the same time attacked Li Shu's upper, middle and lower three ways, Li Shu was not flustered, all the flashes and movements were resolved one by one, who knew that the other party's moves were all false moves, and at the same time that Li Shu dodged left and right to deal with these moves, dozens of flying needles flew towards Li Shu in four directions at the same time.

Li Shu had no way to hide at this time, and in desperation, he could only close his eyes and silently wait for the verdict of fate. But instead of stabbing Li Shu's body, the flying needles disappeared into thin air.

"It's not easy to go through the middle of the court, it seems that you don't have much time to practice, and your kung fu has been left behind." The person on the other side spoke very softly, as if speaking to the same old friend.

Li Shu suddenly laughed: "It's not easy...... "As he spoke, he was about to bow down, and the person opposite suddenly helped him up.

The two tacitly did not speak, but walked to the backyard one after the other, came to the backyard, in front of the door of a side room, Li Shu turned around to observe, and after confirming that there was no one around, he opened the side room, and the people behind him immediately followed.

Li Shu closed the door with his backhand, turned around and immediately bowed, "I heard that our alliance is struggling to support the situation, and my subordinates failed to help in time, please punish the Heavenly Master, the news is slow on the capital side, I don't know how the progress of the Heavenly Master is?" ”

The person who came was Tianyi Dao, Tianyi Dao reached out to help Li Shu, sighed, and said in frustration: "According to the plan, you and I will do it in the DPRK and the rivers and lakes at the same time, and you will make enough waves in the DPRK, then even if we make a bigger move in Jiangnan, it doesn't matter." But now that I've lost my hand in Jiangnan, the meaning of your side is actually not much, so stop it at the right time. ”

"The news is blocked here in Beijing, is there something wrong? Is there a traitor from within? Li Shu asked with concern, according to his expectations, the original plan of the Heavenly Master should be seamless.

Tianyi Daoren gritted his teeth and said: "Originally, everything was within my calculations, but Tianchengzong suddenly came out with a new sect master, it is said to be Zhang Shicheng's widow, this little cub is not only strong in martial arts, but also very clever in resourcefulness and manipulation methods, and he is very comfortable in moving between various forces, not only cracking the chain game I set up in one go, but also secretly colluding with Zhang Dingbian, and the two sides joined forces to deal with us, we were outnumbered and were taken to the old book, and now most of the disciples have been damaged, and there is not much left, We have secretly told them to lie dormant and wait for an opportunity to move. But I haven't lost to the end, there is still a chance for revenge, this kid's woman is now in my hands, with his wisdom, I will definitely follow him to the capital, you pay attention to check, this little cub is a close confidant of Zhu Di, the king of Yan, Beiping, and also uses my layman's pseudonym Yao Guangxiao, if you have the chance, you must get rid of him. ”

Yao Guangxiao! Li Shu muttered in his heart, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth: "I not only know this person, but also dealt with him in Beiping." After saying that, he looked a little remorseful: "In Beiping, I wondered, how could someone use the name of the Heavenly Master, at that time I just thought that Yao Guangxiao was very clever, but I didn't expect that he was Zhang Shicheng's evil seed, and he went to Jiangnan to turn the world upside down." I knew that I had done him at that time, so as not to give birth to these troubles. ”

Tianyi Daoren sneered: "You think it's strange, that's because you don't know the inside story, the reason why he uses my layman pseudonym is because he is my junior brother, I think my master hopes to use this apprentice to make up for the regret of accepting me as an apprentice back then." Okay, let's not talk about him, how is your progress, the situation is urgent now, you must not rush forward, you are our most important inside line in the DPRK, if you make a mistake, we will be completely hopeless. ”

Li Shu said very calmly: "The situation has changed, originally I just wanted to use the case of exposing the empty seal to cover your big move, but now the situation is more complicated than expected, right now the King of Qin is in the capital, after the case the emperor summoned Zhu Zhang, the King of Qin didn't know what he said was quite appreciated by Zhu Yuanzhang, and he was immediately rewarded, according to the news from the inner court, Zhu Yuanzhang was quite satisfied with the King of Qin." I heard that in a few days, Zhu Yuanzhang planned to secretly summon the King of Jin, the King of Yan, and the King of Zhou to enter Beijing, and contact Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude towards the prince in the past two years, I am afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang has moved the mind of replacing the prince. ”

"Really?" The whole person of Tianyi Dao was excited: "The replacement of the prince will inevitably shake the government and the opposition, and the people's hearts will fluctuate, this is a rare and good opportunity." But he suddenly sighed again: "If our power is still there, we can take advantage of the opportunity to do a big job." ”