Chapter 148: Violent illness and death

Seeing his own county lord, the head of the guard calmed down a little, knowing that the other party was also a trustworthy person, he clenched his fists and said:

"Master Li's last important things, we have been preparing for a few months, and we have finally prepared most of them, so I hurriedly came by boat, forgive me."

Li Meng nodded with a smile and replied:

"It is estimated that His Royal Highness King Zhou is also anxious to see his daughter, and the heart of his parents can also be experienced below."

When the leaders of several palace guards heard Li Meng say this, their faces changed slightly, and they looked at each other a few times, as if they were shirking each other, and finally the person standing at the front gritted his teeth and said:

"There is also bad news to tell Lord Li that Zhu Yunyao, the county lord of our palace, died of a sudden illness a year ago."

As soon as he finished saying this, Li Meng was stunned before he reacted, knowing that this was nonsense, but he couldn't help but look back, Zhu Yunyao, who was standing behind him, was still alive, and the girl who had a sad face opened her already big eyes at this time, looking at several guards stupidly.

It is estimated that these guards themselves felt that what they said was really too absurd, the first guard laughed a few times, but suddenly thought of the death of the prince of the palace, it was too inappropriate for him to laugh so dryly, and he stopped talking, hesitated, bent down and pulled out a letter from the boot, and said:

"The news of the death of the county lord, His Royal Highness King Zhou has already reported it to the Zongren Mansion, and this letter was handed over to the villain by the chief manager to Lord Li when the villain met."

The Zongren Mansion is the institution used by the Ming Dynasty to manage the royal family, there is a very strict system in operation, and the princes and nobles of various places are under his jurisdiction, these princes and nobles are afraid of abnormalities in this institution, and they are not willing to deal with anything, and they are also cautious when there is news.

Li Meng took the letterhead in confusion, tore open the envelope and looked at it, but found that it was a note inside, and the words on it were not words, as if it was a meaningless random combination.

When he was confused, the leaders of the guards all found the same letterhead in their boots, this one said, "It was given by a certain eunuch, saying that it was a secret letter from the prince, and it should not be leaked", and the other said "It was given by a certain palace official, saying that it was a secret letter", everyone has their own words, and the people who gave them the secret letter are different, but they all said that it was to be handed over to Li Meng, and they all said that it was the secret letter of the prince.

is so complicated, it just makes people more confused, Li Meng tore open the envelopes one by one, and found that there were all strips of paper of the same size and length, some only one, and some several, and these slips of paper were all meaningless Chinese characters. Several leaders of the palace guards glanced at each other, and took a few steps back with a clear heart, this must be a secret letter, their family and relatives are still locked up in the palace, some things still pretend not to know, the farther away the better.

Zhu Yunyao, who was standing behind, had a little light in his eyes, and said softly:

"Brother Li, I know what's going on, you give me these notes."

Li Meng also knew that this was a password letterhead, but how to interpret it, he had no clue, so he handed it to the girl directly, Zhu Yunyao ran into the house quickly, Li Meng was interested in this, and followed up directly to watch. The people in the back are all interested in staying outside.

After watching Zhu Yunyao read these long strips of paper roughly, they were arranged vertically and horizontally, and then according to the technique of weaving bamboo baskets, these strips of paper were woven vertically and horizontally, and some words were covered by the strips of paper on them, but these strips of paper formed a large rectangular piece of paper.

Zhu Yunyao roughly read the content of the letterhead, Li Meng could even feel that the girl's face, which had been gray since she got up in the morning, suddenly lit up, and her bright eyes were instantly filled with tears.

But the girl didn't say anything but handed the letter to Li Meng, and the notes were criss-crossed, and the meaningless Chinese characters were combined into meaningful words.

The letter was said in the vernacular, and the content of what was said was really beyond Li Meng's expectations, saying that in the past two or three years, the Zhou Wangfu has also seen the chaotic people and thieves repeatedly passing under the Kaifeng City, and the scale is larger and larger each time, although these chaotic people and thieves do not have the ability to break the city, but they are also becoming more and more dangerous.

God knows when, this city was also breached like Fengyang, after the city was broken, the people and civilians were okay to say, but the prince's palace, the royal relatives and relatives, these children, there will be no good results at all, those officials and generals can still collapse thousands of miles and escape, but the palace can not go out of the city one step, can only die with the city.

Instead of this, since Zhu Yunyao has already come outside, why bother going back? One of Zhu Yunyao's maids died of a sudden illness, and was directly reported to the Zongren Mansion by the palace as the county lord, and at the end he also said that the palace is a cage, and there may not be a common people's family to be happy, since you have come out, it is your blessing, listen to the guards say, the general will proofread you well, just stay there with peace of mind.

When Li Meng was reading the letter, the girl had been following behind her, the words of the letter were not in one direction because of the note, with Li Meng's familiarity with traditional characters, the speed of reading the letter was very slow, Zhu Yunyao was obviously familiar with this process, and read it quickly.

Maybe the girl only felt her parents' affection for her at this time, maybe because she didn't have to go back to the Zhou Palace, she could stay with Li Meng, or maybe there were some other reasons.

The girl was already a little unable to control her emotions, covered her mouth and sobbed softly, tears could not stop copying, Li Meng looked at the letter and smiled bitterly, thinking that the other party was too clean and neat, it was really a double win, one was to completely cut off the dangerous factors, and the other was to send her daughter to a safe place.

Li Meng didn't think how noble Zhou Wangfu was, the saltpeter gunpowder, horse armor, fine armor, and fire guns he wanted, these things were really dangerous and sensitive, and it was easy to get into trouble if he was not careful, not to mention that he was tracked down, and there was a Henan county lord who ran to Denglai, so it was better to be more sharp, and directly report that his daughter died of a sudden illness.

Of course, there may be some family affection in it, just maybe, at least the real situation is like this, Zhu Yunyao is here in Li Meng, maybe the brocade clothes and jade food of the palace are incomparable, but it is also the food and clothing of the upper class, and it is extremely free, basically not as good as worrying about safety and other things, this is indeed the girl's luck.

Li Meng put down the letterhead, let out a long breath, and was about to talk to the girl when he turned around, but Zhu Yunyao cheered, hugged him tightly, buried his head in his arms, shrugged his shoulders, and let out a muffled cry, the so-called crying of joy is like this, but Li Meng shook his head and patted the girl's back to express comfort.

When he walked out of the house, Li Meng was alone, and several of the leaders of the guards did not seem to be surprised by this result, so the leader stepped forward and asked respectfully:

"May I ask Lord Li, is that young lady in the house willing to follow back to Kaifeng Mansion?"

Li Meng shook his head, and the leader of the guards exhaled a sigh of relief, bowed and said:

"Please arrange a few big cars and manpower to follow the little people to the ferry, there are still some things on the boat that have not been carried down, and it is also a little bit of the king's heart."

Presumably talking about the heavily guarded ship, Li Meng beckoned a personal soldier to follow them to arrange, watching these guards walk out of the courtyard gate, Li Meng felt a little cold in his chest, looked down, couldn't help but smile bitterly, just when Zhu Yunyao cried on his chest, tears wet his clothes.

When people walked out, the courtyard suddenly became quiet, but Li Meng suddenly thought of a possibility, the Zhou Wangfu had already reported the death of the county lord's serious illness, if they sent people back, how would they deal with it, is it possible to sink directly into the river halfway to prevent future troubles?

Li Meng didn't bother to go deep into this idea, because it was indeed too chilling, but the pre-arrangement of the palace, the relief of the head of the guard, and the joy and tears of the county lord all seemed to confirm something, ruthlessness was in the emperor's house, and sure enough.

In a small place in Mengzhen, it doesn't take too long for the ferry to come here, and after a while, the pro-soldier returned to the yard with a few carriages, but the pro-soldier's expression was a little nervous, and as soon as he entered the yard, he ran to Li Meng first, and whispered a few words in Li Meng's ear.

Li Meng nodded, and the soldier hurriedly ran out, and after a while, a team of foot soldiers and thirty horses pulled out of the barracks and marched towards the courtyard.

The palace guards in the courtyard all looked frightened, and they didn't know what was going on, the head of the guards exchanged glances with Li Meng, and saw Li Meng nodding, this is how to settle down, and drove all the guards in the courtyard out, leaving a few leaders.

There were five large wooden boxes on the ground, all of which were sealed with fire paint, and after several leaders stepped forward to inspect them carefully, they all took out the keys and handed them to each other.

It seems that each of them is responsible for different boxes, presumably there are other means for Zhou Wangfu to contain each other, Li Meng doesn't care, to be precise, all the people in the courtyard don't care about what's boring, everyone's eyes are staring at the box after opening it - golden and jeweled.