Chapter 360: Double Agent
After Tong Guonai listened to Tong Tuchang's speech, he didn't hope that Tong Tuchang knew much, and he didn't believe that Tong Tuchang could know much as a small businessman. If Tong Tuchang came up and talked about it, he would be suspicious.
Tong Guonai looked at Tong Tuchang and had a plan in his heart.
I can't do anything about Li Chengdong now, this guy is a shrunken turtle, no matter what I say, I don't have the handle to kill him. It just so happens that his clan is from Guangdong, so it is better to let him go and set Li Chengdong up, so that Li Chengdong believes that Tong Tuchang was sent by Emperor Shenwu to persuade him anyway, and when the time comes, he has the evidence that Li Chengdong is going to rebel, and he can kill him directly without the consent of General Zhengnan, isn't his 50,000 army his own?
Thinking of this, Tong Guonai felt that this plan was good, of course, he didn't care about Tong Tuchang's life and death at all, he died if he died, and he didn't lose anything, if this guy didn't die, it would be okay to give him a small official.
Tong Guonai said after making up his poison plan: "Uncle clan, since you have recognized your relatives, don't go back to Guangdong, let's be a seven-grade senator in my place first!" ”
Tong Tuchang scolded in his heart, seven products? Uncle, I am the fifth grade in Guangdong, and the Emperor Shenwu gave him a real shortage of six grades at the beginning, which is much stronger than you, the seventh-grade senator.
However, Tong Tuchang didn't dare to show it on the face, pretending to be overjoyed, and hurriedly got up to salute and meet the governor.
Tong Guonai nodded, and then said: "Look, you have been named a seven-rank Bai Ding just after you came, and many people in the yamen must be dissatisfied, but I have an errand here, if you succeed in this matter, this official can guarantee you to be the fifth grade Zhizhou!" ”
Five products? Isn't that the same as yourself? I don't know what kind of errand it is, Tong Tuchang hurriedly asked carefully: "Dare to ask the governor what kind of errand it is, villain, no, the lower officials will try their best to complete it!" ”
"Actually, it's very simple, you know that Li Chengdong is also in Fuzhou City, right? I told you to be a spy for him and encourage him to rebel. You're going to succeed in doing this, but it's a great achievement! ”
Tong Tuchang's first reaction after hearing it was that his identity was exposed, and this guy was testing himself. However, if you look around, there is no movement, and it stands to reason that you should rush out at this time and cut yourself into meat sauce.
Tong Tuchang boldly asked, "My lord, how can Li Chengdong believe me?" ”
"Simple, you just said that you were sent by Emperor Shenwu of Guangdong to persuade him to rebel, it just so happens that Uncle Clan has lived in Guangdong for four years, and he is very familiar with the environment there, and he is not afraid of any mistakes!"
"But Li Chengdong just killed Emperor Shenwu's wife, can I persuade him to agree?"
Tong Guonai twisted his beard and said: "Of course, it is a little difficult, it is precisely because it is difficult for the clan uncle to do it in order to serve the public, and when the time comes, I will send you to be the governor of the state, so it is easy to speak!" ”
Tong Tuchang couldn't help but bow his head happily and pretended to think for a while, then raised his head and asked, "My lord, I can go, but there is something I want to ask my lord to promise!" ”
Hearing that Tong Tuchang promised to send him to death, Tong Guonai was overjoyed and hurriedly asked what was the matter!
"My lord, I went to Li Chengdong's mansion to be a spy, and it is inevitable that I will say some bad things against my Qing Dynasty and the governor, please don't take it to heart!"
Tong Guonai shook his hand very generously and said: "This is natural, this official will inform Li Chengdong's family that the spies will fully cooperate with you!" ”
Damn, I didn't expect Tong Guonai to arrange a spy in Li Chengdong's mansion, fortunately I met this fellow, otherwise I didn't know how to die if I didn't venture to find Li Chengdong!
After thinking about it, Tong Tuchang continued: "Then the villain will promise the adult, please wait for my good news!" ”
Tong Guonai was overjoyed and said: "Okay, Uncle Clan just came to Fuzhou, and he was going to invite Uncle Clan to have a meal, but now he has to offend for the sake of big things, and he will definitely ask for credit for Uncle Clan after the matter is completed!" ”
"Please rest assured, the officials will do a good job in this matter!"
"And Uncle Clan, wait a minute! Come, take a thousand taels of silver tickets! ”
After a while, the guards brought a thousand taels of silver tickets, and Tong Guonai said: "I know that it is difficult to sneak into Li Chengdong's mansion, these silver tickets are used as activity funds, and I didn't come here to get them again!" There is also a waist card here, which can order the secret agents in Li Chengdong's mansion, and they all have to obey the orders of the clan uncle! ”
I didn't expect this Tong Guonai to be very generous, and he got a thousand taels before the work was done, and the wealth fan Tong Tuchang was overjoyed, and patted his chest after taking the silver ticket and the waist card to ensure that he completed the governor's errand.
Tong Tuchang walked out of the gate, feeling extremely strange in his heart, he didn't expect that he had completely become a double agent. After thinking about it, Tong Guonai was not bad for himself, or he could stay here, but this idea was just thrown out of Tong Tuchang's mind after a turn. He knows very well what Zhu Hongsan in Guangdong looks like, he still has a wife and children in Guangzhou, if he eats inside and out, his wives are likely to be picked up by the Teaching Workshop Division, and that bastard emperor Zhu Hongsan is very likely to come to the first shot. Thinking of Zhu Hongsan's methods, Tong Tuchang was so frightened that he trembled, or it was the right way to seriously handle Zhu Hongsan's errand.
After a long conversation with the governor's yamen, it was already dark, and the city gates were closed. However, this is not difficult for the current Tong Tuchang, as soon as the waist card is exposed, the soldiers of the Han Army flag guarding the door see that it is the waist card of the governor's yamen and immediately let him go.
It was already dark when they returned to Houjia Farm, Wang Xian and others were waiting anxiously at home, and Tong Tuchang was lost on the first day, and Master Qian really couldn't explain it. When Wang Xian and the others were in a hurry, the people outside the door informed that Master Tong had returned.
Wang Xian and the others hurriedly welcomed Tong Tuchang into the house and asked, "My lord, now that the city gate has been closed, how did you get out of the city?" ”
Tong Tuchang didn't say anything, took out the waist card and put it on the table.
Hou Zhen was shocked when he saw this waist card and said, "This is the waist card of the governor's yamen!" How did you get it, Lord Tong? ”
Tong Tuchang looked at the strange eyes of Wang Xian and the others, and told everything he had seen and heard that day, without hiding it at all.
After hearing this, Wang Xian and the others' faces changed several times, who knows if this guy will turn against the water and betray himself.
Tong Tuchang is also a person who has been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and when he saw Wang Xian's expression, he knew that they doubted themselves. hurriedly said: "Don't worry, my wife and children are all in Guangdong, I don't think about others but also for my son, can I still want my own son?" ”
As soon as this remark came out, Wang Xian put his mind at ease, too, this guy's wife and children are all in Guangdong.
Wang Xian asked, "Then why did the adult take this waist card!" ”
Tong Tuchang said with a smile: "The Manchu governor wants to kill Li Chengdong in order to fight for power and profit, isn't this our chance?" We can use it at both ends to coerce Li Chengdong anyway! ”
Wang Xian also didn't expect Tong Tuchang to befriend the governor of the Manchu Dynasty, so that Li Chengdong's matter had a great success rate, and maybe he didn't have to send his brother to death to attack Li Chengdong's mansion.
Wang Xian made up his mind and was going to help Tong Tuchang take a look first, Wang Xian decided and asked, "Then Lord Tong, what are you going to do?" ”
"The next step is to enter Li Chengdong's mansion, and I want to contact Princess Yuyang first. Lord Hou, how are you preparing over there? ”
Hou Zhen said: "Our people in the Li Mansion will be on duty the day after tomorrow, and we can bring adults into the mansion when the time comes, but our people are just ordinary family members, and they can't enter the back house." After entering, it's up to Lord Tong to act on his own! ”
Tong Tuchang said: "Okay, I'll go to Li Chengdong in three days, contact Princess Yuyang first, and then talk about the situation!" ”
After discussing the details again, everyone took a break.
Three days later, Tong Tuchang got up early, and when he was ready, he and Hou Zhen rushed to the city. This time, it was useless for them to pay the entrance fee to the city, and the waist card of the governor's yamen was very good.
came to the Li Mansion in Zhuangyuan Lane in Dongcheng, waited for the family member of the joint to come over, and took Tong Tuchang to the back of Zhuangyuan Lane, the corner gate behind the Li Mansion, which is a place for some purchases, grain transportation, and family entry and exit. There were two guards guarding the door outside the door, and when they saw someone coming, they asked, "Lao Li, are you here to pull swill again?" Who is this person? ”
Lao Li said: "Two, my son is sick today, this is my brother, come to help me today!" ”
The two guards seemed to be very familiar with Lao Li, and after receiving Lao Li's two taels of silver, they let Tong Tuchang and the others in.
Entering the corner gate, which is the kitchen in the backyard, Lao Li whispered: "There is only one hour, you have to come back when the time is up, or the guards will suspect it!" ”
Tong Tuchang nodded and asked, "Where is the back house?" ”
Lao Li pointed to the moon gate in the east with his hand and said: "From this question, turn left and go through the two courtyards, Li Chengdong is not at home today, he went to the military camp outside the city, there are few guards in the house, you have to pay attention!" ”
Tong Tuchang nodded, saw that there was no one around, pushed open the moon door and walked in.
Li Chengdong occupies the courtyard of a wealthy businessman, and the luxury is quite luxurious, but the scale of the courtyard is not as large as the palace of Emperor Longwu.
Tong Tuchang leaned on the window of the courtyard wall and looked inside, near the courtyard wall was a bamboo forest, there was no one, Tong Tuchang jumped in with the window, and was falling in the bamboo forest. Tong Tuchang didn't dare to move, waited in the bamboo forest for a while, saw that no one was there, and was just about to come out. I happened to meet a few people on the path outside the bamboo forest.
Through the bamboo forest, Tong Tuchang saw two maid rings in front of him, followed by two people, and the one in the middle was Zhu Yu, the princess of Yuyang.
Zhu Yu has been robbed for more than half a year, and it has been half a year since he married Li Yuanyin. Zhu Yu was very satisfied with Li Yuanyin. Of course, Li Yuanyin is tall and heroic, coupled with reading and reasoning, and has also experienced the baptism of the battlefield, which is comparable to those teenage young scholars in Guangdong. However, Zhu Yu was very sad while being satisfied with his marriage, because he knew that Li Chengdong's attack on Guangzhou killed Ma Xiaofang. Zhu Yu knew his father's feelings for the queen, Ma Xiaofang's death gave Li Chengdong and his father no chance to ease, and he could only stay in Fujian forever, never seeing his mother and father again.