Bianjing Cai Xiangfu, Cai Jing anxiously paced back and forth in the study with his hands behind his back, his uneasiness came from the palace, he only learned today that the Son of Heaven had secretly made a decree two days ago, secretly ordering Zhao Kai, the king of Jia, to escort Zhu Mian into Beijing, which was really unexpected by Cai Jing, and at the same time made Cai Jing a little panicked in his heart, he knew what Zhu Mian meant to enter Beijing?

The Son of Heaven did not kill Zhu Mian, but escorted him to Beijing, Cai Jing's first reaction was that many officials would suffer, whether others were unlucky or not, Cai Jing didn't care, but he Cai Jing must be the first to bear the brunt, Zhu Mian in order to protect himself, will inevitably expose his unsightly deeds,

No way! must not let Zhu Mian enter Beijing alive, Cai Jing secretly gritted his teeth. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, there was a henchman guard outside the door to report: "Qi Xiangguo, there is an urgent pigeon letter delivered in Suzhou!" ”

"Bring it in and give it to me!"

The guards walked in quickly, knelt down on one knee and presented a roll of pigeon letters, Cai Jing opened the pigeon letters, which were written by Zhao Lin, the governor of Suzhou, and said that Zhu Mian was heavily guarded by the army in Jiaxing, and they could not do it.

"Useless idiot!"

Cai Jing was so angry that he slapped the table and scolded, he took a few steps with his hands down, and immediately said to the guard: "Quickly go find Luan Tingyu to come to me!" ”

Luan Tingyu is a strange man in the Daimyo Mansion recruited by Cai Jing's son-in-law Liang Zimei, and his martial arts are extremely strong.

After a while, Luan Tingyu walked into the outer study quickly, knelt down on one knee and said, "Luan Tingyu greets the father-in-law!" ”

Luan Tingyu is about thirty years old, tall, with a thin face, long hands and feet, without a trace of excess fat on his body, as if he contains infinite energy, and his eyes are extraordinarily sharp.

Cai Jing stood in front of the window with his hands in his hands and said lightly: "Zhu Mian was escorted from Jiaxing to Beijing, I hope he dies halfway." ”

"Ignorance, understood!"

Cai Jing said again: "Be neat with your hands and feet, don't disturb His Royal Highness King Jia!" ”

"Yes!"

"Go ahead! Ben is equal to your good news. ”

Luan Tingyu saluted and hurried away, Cai Jing pondered for a moment, wrote another note, called a guard and said: "Send this note to Zhao Zhizhou with a pigeon letter immediately!" ”

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Zhu Mian and his father were held in two cabins, each with four guards stationed at the door, and no one was allowed to enter except for Jiawang Zhao Kai and Li Yanqing.

As soon as the fleet set off, Li Yanqing came to Zhu Chong's cabin, the guards did not stop him, Li Yanqing immediately walked into the cabin, the cabin was dimly lit, and there was a foot-wide ventilation window above, only to see Zhu Chong sitting in the corner with a heavy flail, watching Li Yanqing walk in coldly.

"What do you want to say to His Royal Highness King Jia today?" Li Yanqing asked lightly.

"Why am I talking to you, and who are you?" Zhu Chong raised his head arrogantly.

"His Royal Highness King Jia asked me to come, as for who I am, don't ask."

"Why didn't he come?"

"Because he's King Jia!"

Zhu Chong was silent for a while, and said for a while: "Then what good do I have?" ”

Li Yanqing was very patient and said unhurriedly: "I am from Xiangzhou, Hebei, I am here in Jiangnan for the first time, and I have no relatives here, what your father and son do in the southeast has nothing to do with me, if we cooperate happily, I can keep you safe on the road, if you refuse to cooperate, then I have to hand you over to the people of Suzhou to calm down the people's anger." ”

"Think about it! I hope to hear from you before arriving in Suzhou. ”

After speaking, Li Yanqing turned around and left, as soon as he arrived at the door, Zhu Chong shouted: "Okay, I said!" ”

Li Yanqing turned to look at him calmly, Zhu Chong gritted his teeth and said: "Yesterday, an officer came to my son with a sword from Shang Fang, and he said that he was Tang Qianzhi, the leader of King Jia's guards, but my son recognized him. ”

"Who the hell is he?" Li Yanqing knew that Tang Qianzhi must not be his real name.

"He is the prince's henchman guard, called Deng Chong, it's really interesting, the guards of the East Palace actually came to protect King Jia, and he also held Shang Fang's sword, the water in here is very deep!" A sarcastic smile appeared on Zhu Chong's face.

Li Yanqing didn't speak for a long time, and sure enough, he guessed correctly, how could the prince be absent from this matter, once Zhu Mian was escorted into Beijing, the prince took over, and there was nothing to do with King Jia, and the first round of the contest between King Jia and the prince was completely lost.

Li Yanqing suddenly thought of a poisonous snake, when Zhao Ji considered using Jiawang Zhao Ji to contain the prince, and arranged for Jiawang to come to Jiangnan to arrest Zhu Mian, but a poisonous snake was always watching coldly, this poisonous snake was Liang Shicheng, he was a supporter of the prince, how could he tolerate King Jia's influence on the prince's status?

Li Yanqing suddenly had a chilling feeling.

"What did Deng Chong come to you for?" Li Yanqing asked again.

"He wants some letters and documents, that is, the correspondence between my son and the important ministers of the imperial court, including Xiangguo Cai Jing, and Tong Guan, let's call it their handle! Someone wants to pinch these handles, of course it won't be the Son of Heaven, guess who? ”

Li Yanqing sneered, "You won't say it's Liang's father-in-law, right?" ”

"Clever!"

Zhu Chong narrowed his eyes and praised: "I didn't expect you to be young, not only are you strong in archery, but your mind is so flexible, yes, I also think it's Liang Shicheng, but I didn't tell him where the letter and documents are?" Once he gets it, Liang Shicheng and Cai Jing reach some kind of compromise, and we don't want to enter Beijing alive. ”

"Will you tell me?"

Zhu Chong nodded, "I just want to talk to King Jia about this matter today, if he guarantees the safety of our father and son on the road, and promises to hand over those documents and letters to the Son of Heaven, I can tell him where the things are hidden?" ”

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After listening to Li Yanqing's report, Zhao Kai's face suddenly turned pale, it turned out that Tang Qianzhi was actually the imperial brother's guard, needless to say, it must have been inserted by Liang Shicheng, and the imperial brother was secretly guarding against himself, which really surprised Zhao Kai.

"Your Highness, Liang Shicheng wants the handle of Cai Jing and others, and the prince wants this credit, but the Zhu family and his son don't believe them, Zhu Chong wants to make a deal with His Highness, can His Highness accept it?"

Zhao Kai paced back and forth in the cabin with his hands, pondered for a long time and said: "I really want to hand over the documents and letters to my father, as for whether my father kills Zhu Mian and his son, I don't care, what do you say?" ”

Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "I think this is a good deal, Your Highness should agree!" ”

Zhao Kai finally made up his mind, "Okay! I'll go see Zhu Chong now, and you will go with me. ”

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At the two watches, the slender men rested, and the fleet was quietly moored on the bank of the canal, and the fleet set off from dusk, and had walked fifty miles, and it would take another day tomorrow to arrive in Suzhou the morning after tomorrow, but it would take at least half a month to get to Bianjing.

The river was dark and silent, and only the sound of the river lapping on the shore could be heard, and then a small boat slowly approached the last big boat in the fleet, and in a moment, a gourd was thrown down from the big boat, and the small boat quickly left.

In the canopy of the boat, a candle was lit, and I saw a square-faced man in black sitting cross-legged in the canopy, it was the missing head of the guard Tang Qianzhi, his real name was Deng Chong, when the crown prince Zhao Huan was still the king, he was the guard in the palace, but he had just entered the forbidden army system, and there were very few people who knew him, so that he followed Jiawang Zhao Kai all the way south, and he was not recognized.

Deng Chong was really frustrated in his heart, he came with Shang Fang Tianzi's sword, and finally forced Wang Ziwu to agree to open the box and take things, when they pried open the large wooden box marked with documents and letters, there were a bunch of account books inside, and there were no letters and documents he wanted, and a total of 384 large boxes, he could not pry them all open.

In desperation, he had no choice but to go to Zhu Mian and his son to negotiate conditions, but Zhu Mian and his son refused his request, but also clearly told him that what he wanted was not in the box.

Deng Chong's only way now is to wait for Zhao Kai to make a move, the praying mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch is behind, although his identity has been exposed and he can no longer follow Zhao Kai, but there are still two of his subordinates by Zhao Kai's side, acting as his eyes and ears.

At this time, one of his subordinates walked into the black tent and handed him the gourd, Deng Chong suddenly felt refreshed, this was his subordinate who had sent him news.

Deng Chong took out a note from the gourd, with a few words written on it, to the effect that Li Yanqing and Zhu Chong had been talking for a long time, although the content of the conversation was unknown, but it is estimated that Zhu Chong told him what the situation was, Li Yanqing had already taken two of his men ashore half an hour ago.

Deng Chong pondered for a long time, and an intuition told him that Zhu Chong must have told Zhao Kai the whereabouts of those letters and documents.

So where will Li Yanqing go? A bold thought came to his mind, he could only bet on this time, Deng Chong immediately ordered: "Set off immediately and go to Yanshou Villa!" ”