The most convenient way to go to Tang is to follow the Bianshui Canal Huainan, and then cross the river down, cross the river bank, he has seen the quarry river narrower than the Guazhou River along the way, passing the sentry all the way to check, the warships are lined up on the river bank, forming a defense line.

Chen Yuan and his party did not dare to delay, all the way Qiao Zhuang dressed as a passing businessman, and finally set foot on Jiangning Mansion, in late February, Chen Yuan had already carried a letter to Jiangning Mansion, the capital of the Tang Kingdom.

Jiangning Mansion, backed by the Purple Mountain, obliquely next to the Qinhuai River, backed by the mountains and facing the river, the mountains and rivers are dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, Chen Yuan saw that the Jinling City was well-prepared, and his heart was a little uneasy.

A courtyard in Jiangning Mansion, Chen Yuan has entered, which was where Yang Meng lived back then, and now it has become a place of contact in Jiangning Mansion. In the courtyard, some small green leaves appeared on the willow branches, Chen Yuan approached the courtyard, and in the side hall of the courtyard, someone had already received a letter from Yang Meng in Kaifeng.

"My subordinates have seen Lord Yang Helm."

The Yang helm lord of Jiangning Mansion is a relative of Yang Meng, in the battle of Huainan that year, Zhao Dezhao was ordered to rescue the Yang clan, he is one of them, this person is named Yang Chang, he is wearing a round-necked placket robe, sitting in the middle hall.

"You have come just in time, I have received a letter from the Lord and have been waiting here, and I have finally arrived. Now that Jiangning Mansion is heavily guarded, and a large amount of grain and grass has accumulated in the city, it is best not to move around at will during this time. Han Xizai is a person who is very entertaining, often holds banquets in the mansion, recruits guests, and entertains officials and scholars of Jiangning Mansion, and is very famous among the nobles and scholars in Jiangnan. ”

Chen Yuan didn't know why His Royal Highness handed over the letter to Han Xizai, Han Xizai was a courtier of Li Yu of the Tang Kingdom, how could he be at the mercy of the young master, so he asked rhetorically: "I don't know what Han Xizai's attitude towards my Great Song is?" ”

Yang Chang's desk has a lot of information from the Tang State, in recent months, they have been investigating and monitoring Han Xizai, and found that he was depressed, and he was separated from Li Yuruo, the lord of the Tang State, and was not reused, so he said one by one: "Since Han Xizai returned from Beihai, he has been staying in the house, but he rarely goes out, presumably he is also a little confused in his heart, and he can't figure it out for the time being." Now there is a hidden stake we have planted in the Han Mansion, and you can just hand over the letter to him. ”

"Nope." If he does this, he may expose his own people's deeds, Chen Yuan thought about it carefully and said, "It's better for me to visit Han's Mansion at night and give this letter to Han Xizai." ”

Yang Chang thought about it carefully, this is right, he nodded and said, "That's okay, after all, we don't know what Han Xizai will think in his heart." ”

Chen Yuan thought for a while, and then said: "You can rest assured about this, civil officials are heavy, if the family is not guaranteed, how can you talk about loyalty?" ”

"You're right."

After that, Yang Chang told Chen Yuan about the appearance of the secret whistle of the Han Mansion and the topography of the Han Mansion, and Chen Yuan wore a night suit on the boat that night to explore the Han Mansion at night.

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Hanfu is located on the bank of the Qinhuai River, although it has been night, but the Qinhuai River is still prosperous and lively, the restaurants on both sides of the river, the Chu Pavilion and the flower boats on the river are still coming and going, but it is also a wind and snow.

"Good marriage, bad marriage, I have to sleep all night in the post office, don't be a fairy. The pipa is full of lovesick tears, and there are few bosom friends. What year is it when the glue is broken? "The song "Good Scenery" is still being sung, it is really a lyric written by Nian Taogu to the female Qin Wanlan.

Chen Yuan shuttled through the night, and did not listen to these glamorous sounds, no one passed by at the entrance of the alley and the end of the alley, and there were people guarding the door of the general mansion, but it was not good to break in openly.

Walking through the back door, Chen Yuan thought about it, so he detoured to the corner of the backyard wall, took out a "gripper probe" from the back waist, and then threw this thing to the wall, and when it was fixed, he climbed up along the rope.

The backyard of the Han Mansion is very large, bigger than Chen Yuan imagined, fortunately there is a topographic map, but at night, I can't see the situation in the courtyard clearly.

He walked to the eaves, in the house in front of him, the lights were still on, and according to the topographic map, that place was Han Xizai's study and side room.

The candle flame inside was still on, Chen Yuan took out a small hole visible to the naked eye in the papier-mâché window, and followed his gaze, and there was a person inside with a crown and a scarf, and he was writing on the table...... He probed for a while, but saw no one else.

"Is there a housekeeper outside the house?" The man seemed to know that there was movement outside, and he turned his head to look in the direction of the door.

Seeing this opportunity, Chen Yuan pushed the door in.

"Who are you?" When the man saw a black-clad masked man enter, he trembled and the pen in his hand fell to the ground.

"Hugh has to move."

Chen Yuan took out a wooden plaque from his cuff, and when the man saw this wooden plaque, he said, "Your Excellency is from Kaifeng?" ”

"Exactly." Chen Yuan continued, "Presumably you are Han Xizai Han Master. ”

"Exactly." Now that they met, Han Xizai no longer had the trembling of Fang Cai, and he asked again, "I don't know what your son-in-law told me?" ”

"My son-in-law said, the lord of your family must have known that there would be a battle between the Song and Tang dynasties, and as for the outcome of the victory, it was already expected."

"Oh."

Han Xizai still understands the affairs of the imperial court, when Li Yu ascended the throne, it was after the defeat of Huainan, the treasury was empty, and the court was panicked inside and outside, still hoping to maintain peace, so Li Yu then adopted the suggestions of Chen Qiao, the servant of his subordinates, and Zhang Xun, the inner historian, and pursued the strategy of "external demonstration uniforms, internal armor soldiers", on the surface, he was courteous to the Song court, but secretly recruited troops to prepare for war.

Now Li Yu is in the Southern Tang Water Village, warships, and the banks of the Bulie River, forming a defensive line, and repairing and strengthening the inland cities; In Jinling City, a large amount of grain and grass was accumulated to prepare for it. In order to solve the problem of military spending, he encouraged the wealthy people and wealthy businessmen to pay for the purchase of officials, in an attempt to defend the strategic points on the south bank of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River with heavy troops, and prepared to drag the Song army tired and collapsed with a long-lasting defense, forcing the Song Dynasty to acquiesce in the situation of the Southern Tang Dynasty favoring the one side, so he kept silent.

Chen Yuan cross-examined: "What I want to ask is, is the master ready?" ”

"This ......" Han Xizai was stunned by the masked man in front of him, and he said, "I don't care, but there is one point, can Childe save my family?" ”

"Master Han's family, my son-in-law will naturally try his best to rescue, Master Han doesn't believe in my son-in-law's ability. It's just that now Master Han still has to stay in Jiangning Mansion, and so does your family. ”

"I don't dare to doubt Childe's ability, it's just a question."

Old fox, aren't you afraid of affecting your family, Chen Yuan thought in his heart, and he continued: "That's good, I have a letter from the young master here, and I will personally hand it over to the master tonight." Chen Yuan was already searching for the letter in his pocket, and he still respectfully handed it to Han Xizai.

"Letter?" Han Xizai took the letter, tore off the fire paint, took it out and read it.

Chen Yuan was already sitting on the seat on his right hand and looked at Han Xizai.

Han Xizai's heart jumped when he saw it, although this plan was not to deal with the Tang State, but it also completely pushed the Tang State to the side of the Song State, if the general trend is today, isn't it just that it will be together for a long time......

Han Xizai had already finished reading the letter, and at this time Chen Yuan said: "Master, we have a rule in our behavior, that is, we must not leave any words, and after the master read this letter, he burned it." ”

"Oh?" Han Xizai was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood this truth, he found a brazier, took out the fire fold, and in a moment the room began to light up, and then there was a burst of green smoke in the brazier, and there were only ashes.

Han Xizai got up from his seat, and then bowed to Chen Yuan, "I will definitely complete the things that your son-in-law confesses, and I will not break my word, and I also ask your son-in-law to properly protect my family." ”

Seeing this, Chen Yuan also bowed in fear, "The young master of my family is not a person who breaks his word, I will send my subordinates in the hall to secretly protect the master's family, although the master can rest assured, if the master in the Golden Palace unfortunately angers Long Yan, we will try our best to rescue, and please keep the promise." ”

"I'm tired."

"It's too heavy." Chen Yuan stood up straight, and then said, "If it's late today, I won't be allowed to stay, and the matter has been explained, take my leave." ”

"Slow delivery."

In the Han Mansion, Han Xizai also knew the purpose of King Wei's trip, but his heart was still full of ups and downs, but from the perspective of the general trend of the world, he thought that he must do this matter.

In Han Xizai's study, the dim light was still shining, he came to the desk, took out a stone inkstone, then took out the graphite, and slowly grinded the water, after a while, the ink was already there, he took out the small brush on the pen stand, spread out the loose paper, considered one or two, and wrote down his own opinions freely. When Han Xizai finished writing the recital, he waited for the opportunity to personally present the face saint.

Chen Yuan has already left the Han Mansion, and when he passed by the Qinhuai River, it was still prosperous, and at this time, there were a few disheveled sons and daughters on the flower boat, who came down crookedly, and the lip prints on their lips were still there.

Chen Yuan didn't pay attention, and rushed to the other courtyard, but at the mouth of a Wuyi Alley, he was just about to step forward, and he didn't know what he tripped over under his feet, and almost fell, he was just about to leave, but he saw a person holding his thigh, and said intermittently, "Help...... Help me ......"

It turned out that there was a person lying on the road, Chen Yuan immediately ripped off his towel, and saw a person unkempt, he checked it, and the person was bruised and purple all over his body, and his clothes were all torn and shredded, and he didn't know how much he had suffered. He didn't say a word at the moment, and immediately picked up the person and went to the other courtyard.

The night was deep, it was already the second watch, and when he arrived in a room in the courtyard, he put the man on the bed, and tidied up the man's clothes a little, this man had a handsome face, but he didn't know why he was injured.

Immediately, Chen immediately got up and asked Yang Chang to go to the city to find a doctor to see a doctor. Now on the second watch, Yang Chang immediately ordered someone to go to the east of the city to find Dr. Liu.

In the room, Dr. Liu was diagnosing the pulse, "This person has suffered a certain amount of internal injuries, as if he has been beaten, fortunately you found it in time, otherwise Da Luo Immortal would not have been able to save him." I'll prescribe a prescription, and you can go to the pharmacy to get the medicine according to the prescription. ”

"There's Dr. Lao Liu."

Chen Yuan got up to say goodbye to Dr. Liu, Yang Chang was already standing in front of the bed and looking at this person, this person looked weak, from the clothes he seemed to be a weak scholar, but he still didn't know the identity of this person, and he had been letting him stay here, I am afraid that he would not be reliable in doing things.

Yang Chang found a seat and sat down.

Chen Yuan had already entered the room, and saw that Yang Chang had been staring at the man, and then at himself.

At this time, Yang Chang asked, "Can you tell me about tonight?" ”

Chen Yuan found this person on the way back from delivering the letter, and Yang Chang was silent.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to ask for this person's identity until he wakes up."

In the dim candlelight, the man lay on the bed, his eyes closed.

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