In a private house not far from Fengqiao Wharf, the county lieutenant Lu Shuigen said to Li Yanqing worriedly: "In just two days, more than 100,000 people have gathered from the five counties of Changzhou, Wuxian, Wuxi, Changshu, and Kunshan, thousands of boats, and an endless stream of people are rushing here. ”

"I wonder who leaked the news? It's only been a few days since the news leaked out. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Speaking of this, Li Yanqing glanced at Lu Shuigen suspiciously, after all, Lu Shuigen was also an insider, and he also wanted Zhu Mian to die in Suzhou.

Lu Shuigen was startled, and hurriedly waved his hand, "I didn't leak it, I have always kept my mouth shut about this matter, I can't afford such a big consequence!" ”

"Who could that be?"

Lu Shuigen lowered his voice and said, "Li Shaojun can't think of it?" Who would have such a large mobilization capacity was notified to all the counties in Suzhou in just a few days. ”

Li Yanqing understood what he meant a little, and hesitated for a moment and said, "Does County Lieutenant Lu mean that the news was deliberately leaked out by the state capital?" ”

Lu Shuigen nodded, "I have already investigated this matter, although there is no conclusive evidence, but judging from all clues, they all point to Zhizhou Zhao Lin, and it should be what he did." ”

Speaking of this, Lu Shuigen sighed and said, "Li Shaojun should understand by now!" The reason why I intercepted Shaojun outside the city instead of waiting in the city was because the officialdom in Suzhou was too complicated, and Zhao Lin of Zhizhou was Cai Jing's person, and Zhixian was recommended by Taiwei Tong. ”

Li Yanqing was silent, first sent a mysterious person to take away the letters and inventory, and then ordered Zhizhou to leak Zhu Mian's news, and used the public anger of Suzhou people to intercept Zhu Mian, it seems that Cai Jing is determined to let Zhu Mian die on the way.

If the people fail to intercept it, then the mysterious man will inevitably strike again, thinking of the mysterious man's martial arts and body skills, Li Yanqing felt heavy in his heart, no one could stop him at all.

"Li Shaojun, there is one more thing I need to remind you, in the past two days, I have found that there are some people of unknown origin in the protest crowd, these people are in groups of three or five, all of them are powerful, holding sticks or swords, and they are not with a local accent, I suspect that they are from Fang La."

If Fang La's interception force appeared on the way, Li Yanqing would not be surprised at all, Zhu Mian's son and brother died in the hands of Fang La, how could Fang La be indifferent, but Fang La's target may not be Zhu Mian, it should be Zhu Mian's huge wealth.

"In that case, why didn't the county lieutenant just arrest him?"

Lu Shuigen shook his head, "Capturing them will inevitably cause riots, which will cause a large number of innocent people to be killed or injured, this kind of thing has happened from time to time before, as long as they don't make trouble in Suzhou, we will not arrest them, we have formed a tacit understanding between the two sides." ”

At this time, a servant ran over in a panic, "County lieutenant, there are two groups of people fighting at Tieling Pass." ”

Lu Shuigen was startled, and hurriedly said: "I'll go now, Li Shaojun, I'll miss the company first!" ”

"County Lieutenant, please!"

Lu Shuigen hurriedly left with a few servants, and Li Yanqing left the private house and came to the meeting place just now, but only saw the guard Chen Xiaoyi alone, Daniel Zhang and Qing'er were gone.

"What about Daniel Zhang and Xiaoqing?" Li Yanqing stepped forward and asked strangely.

Chen Xiaoyi scratched her head, "Just now she seemed to see an acquaintance, and she chased after her excitedly, and Daniel Zhang followed to find her." ”

'Acquaintance? Li Yanqing was stunned, what acquaintances Qing'er would have in Suzhou.

They waited for nearly an hour, the dock was still crowded, and Qing'er and Daniel Zhang never came back, Chen Xiaoyi saw that Li Yanqing was a little worried, so he smiled and comforted him: "Old Zhang is a fine person, and the young monarch has a life-saving grace for him, he will take care of the little lady, the young monarch does not have to worry." ”

Although Qing'er joined the team as a scholar, it was an open secret that everyone knew that he was a woman disguised as a man.

Li Yanqing was helpless, he looked at the sky, the time was already dusk, he was holding a bunch of important documents, he had to go back as soon as possible, he had to smile bitterly: "Go back to the boat first and put things away, and then I'll come down to find her when I get back." ”

The two led their horses to the wharf, there was a big ferry boat from the government on the wharf, which was specially designed to send supplies to the trapped official ship, Chen Xiaoyi showed the guard's waist card, and the ferry boat sent them to the big boat.

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When Zhao Kai heard that Li Yanqing was back, he hurriedly rushed out, he was happy, and he complained a little about Li Yanqing, "Why did you come back now?" ”

"Your Highness, if something happens, let's go back to the cabin!"

The two returned to the cabin, Li Yanqing put the iron box on the table, took out another sword, and tore off the silk cloth wrapped in the sword body, Zhao Kai was suddenly startled, it turned out to be Shang Fang Tianzi Sword.

"It's ...... Tang Qianzhi's Shang Fang Tianzi Sword, what about others? ”

"He's dead, but we didn't kill him."

Li Yanqing told him about the battle for the iron box, Zhao Kai's face turned pale, Tang Qianzhi was killed by the people sent by Cai Jing, so what should be done with this Shangshu sword?

"Your Highness just give this sword to the prince, you don't need to explain anything, if he doesn't want it, His Highness will give it to the saint, and say that someone will stab you with this sword, but ...... I believe that the prince will definitely accept it, and he will not dare to say anything more. ”

"Why are you so sure?"

"Your Highness doesn't think it's strange? The Son of Heaven would actually give Shang Fang's sword to the guards of the East Palace, isn't this equivalent to the crown prince having the power of the Son of Heaven? ”

Zhao Kai was awakened by a word, Li Yanqing was right, anyone can take the Shang Fang sword, but the prince can't take it, he suddenly gasped, "Could it be that this Shang Fang sword is fake?" ”

"I have no evidence that this sword is a fake sword, but it is common sense to infer that it should never appear in the hands of the guards of the East Palace."

Zhao Kai was silent, he knew that Li Yanqing's suspicions were not unreasonable, the court had long rumored that Liang Shicheng was suspected of exaggerating the will of the Son of Heaven, but no one dared to pursue this matter, if Liang Shicheng took out a Shang Fang sword that his father did not know, it would not be surprising, in this way, it is more likely that this Shang Fang sword is a fake.

"Okay!"

Zhao Kai accepted Li Yanqing's suggestion, "I'll give it to the imperial brother when I go back." ”

Zhao Kai hurriedly turned the topic back, "You also saw the scene outside, more than 100,000 people surrounded us and asked us to hand over Zhu Mian, what do you say?" ”

"It's very simple, just hand over Zhu Mian's father and son to them, isn't this the original intention of the Son of Heaven? Or just cut it on the dock and declare the love of the Son of Heaven. ”

Zhao Kai pondered for a long time, sighed and said: "If there is no second will from my father, it is okay to do this, but since my father ordered me to take him back, I handed over their father and son, and I can't explain to my father and son no matter what." ”

"Then what is Your Highness going to do?"

"I want to ask my father first, report the situation here to my father, if my father changes his mind, then I will kill the Zhu father and son directly at the dock."

"But what if the Son of Heaven refuses?" Li Yanqing asked again.

Zhao Kai bit his lip and said: "Then you can only plan for the worst, and you will have to confront the people for a long time, until my father has to change his mind." ”

Li Yanqing was silent for a moment, then pointed to the iron box and asked, "What should I do with the documents in here?" ”

"Of course, it's over to my father! Isn't that right? ”

"If His Highness gives it to the Son of Heaven, maybe the Son of Heaven will be magnanimous, and the ministers will be fine, but His Highness has offended the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty."

"And what do you mean?"

"I mean to do something, not to do something, Your Highness pick one!"

Zhao Kai understood what Li Yanqing meant, so he nodded, "I know, let me think about this matter again." ”

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Li Yanqing returned to his cabin, and as soon as he arrived at the door of the cabin, he met Qing'er, his heart suddenly fell to the ground, and he immediately asked her, "Where did you go?" Xiao Yi said that you saw an acquaintance, who is it? ”

Qing'er hurriedly shook her head, "I recognized the wrong person, I thought it was a friend of my father, and then I got lost, and finally met Brother Zhang, when we came back, you were gone." ”

"But I've been waiting for you for a long time, at least an hour." Li Yanqing was really dissatisfied.

"It's me who is wrong, big brother, I'm sorry!" Qing'er lowered her head and admitted her mistake.

Li Yanqing glared at her for a long time, and when he saw that the strangled Wuqing on her neck was still there, the dissatisfaction in her heart disappeared a little, and asked her again: "What about Daniel Zhang?" ”

"Brother Zhang went to inspect other ships!" Qing'er pointed to the fleet behind her.

Li Yanqing glanced back at the fleet behind him, he remembered Fang La's matter, he had to arrange it well tonight to prevent Fang La's sneak attack at night, so he said to Qing'er: "You are really a little tired in the past two days, rest early!" ”

"Yes!"

Qing'er lowered her head and whispered in agreement, her lips moved, as if she wanted to say something, but Li Yanqing had already walked away quickly.