Chapter 225: Levels
As the saying goes, blessings are incomparable, and disasters are not one-way, when the capital is turbulent and the undercurrent is turbulent, Li Yuntian and his party also encountered a big trouble. The fastest update, the most stable, the fastest update, the fastest to go to the eye, the fast reading, the fastest, the fastest to read the web
After entering the boundary of Jining Prefecture, Li Yuntian soon found that there were local yamen officers searching the wharves of several prefectures and counties along the way.
At this time, Li Yuntian didn't realize that Jining Mansion's move was aimed at the crown prince Zhu Zhanji, because of the calm along the way, he didn't notice that something would happen in the capital, who would have thought that the change in Emperor Hongxi's food taste would cause a huge turmoil?
Approaching the Jining wharf, the black pressure on the river is full of many large and small ships heading north, and the officers of the Jining Prefecture and the soldiers of Jining Wei have set up cards on the river, and will board the boats one by one with the people of the Caoyun Yamen to check.
After some inquiry, Li Yuntian found out what had happened: One night two days ago, a large family in Jining Prefecture was robbed by a group of strongmen, not only losing a large amount of property, but also killing more than a dozen people.
In order to prevent the gang of strongmen from escaping, Jining Mansion and Jining Wei set up cards at the boundary of Jining Mansion to intercept them.
Although Li Yuntian felt a little surprised, he felt that it was reasonable, after all, the case of more than a dozen lives was a shocking case, and even the three law divisions in the capital would pay attention to it.
After seeing a red koi flag on a blue background hoisting on Lei Ting's boat, the boats on the river dodged one after another to make way for it.
According to the rules of the Cao Gang, only people at or above the level of the hall master can hang the red pennant on a blue background, and the entire Cao Gang counts the seven hall masters, the five elders and the Lei Ting brothers and sisters have this qualification.
The flag of the Cao gang leader is a blue-bottomed double-winged red koi flag, and the deputy gang leader is a single-winged red koi flag with a blue background.
The Cao Gang secretly controls Cao Yun, and after offending the Cao Gang, don't think about doing Cao Yun's business again, so no one who eats on the water will smash their own rice bowls, and they are in awe of the Cao Gang.
The people of the Jining Prefecture and Jining Wei, who had set up a card there, noticed that the boats lining up on the river for inspection automatically dodged to both sides, giving way to a large boat, and they all looked over curiously.
When they noticed the red pennant on a blue background hanging on the boat, the people from the Caoyun Yamen of Jining Mansion immediately recognized the identity of the person who came, and knew that the people on the boat were either the eldest lady of the Cao Gang or the two young masters of the Cao Gang. The update is the fastest and most stable
The reason is very simple, in addition to the red pennant on a blue background, there is also a big flag with a blue background on the ship, on which is written a huge "thunder" character, which means that the people on the ship are the children of Lei Xiaotian.
Although the Lei Ting siblings and the elders and hall masters of the Cao Gang all use red pennants on a blue background, in order to distinguish their identities, there are also "name flags" on the ship that indicate their surnames and status, that is, their surnames are written on the flags.
The name flag of the Lei Ting brothers and sisters is a blue background, the name flag of the five elders is a red background, and the name flag of the Seven Hall Masters is a green background, so you can know their identities at a glance.
In addition, in addition to the famous flags, the seven hall masters will also hang the hall flags of their respective halls, which are written on their respective halls, namely the Punishment Hall, the Loyalty Hall, the Courage Hall, the Righteous Hall, the Ren Hall, the Auditorium and the Ming Hall, which can be described as strict and well-organized.
At this time, Zhu Zhantan, who was dressed in casual clothes, sat in front of the window on the third floor of a restaurant on the dock, sipping the fragrant tea in his hand while watching the inventory on the river.
The case of the looting of the big family two days ago was done by Zhu Zhantan and his subordinates, the purpose was very simple, in order to get a name to inquire about passing ships.
As far as Zhu Zhantan is concerned, as long as he can catch Zhu Zhanji, even if he kills hundreds or even thousands of people, he will not hesitate to kill people, and human life is just a mustard in his eyes.
From Zhu Zhantan's point of view, he could clearly notice that the boats on the river were separating like a tide, giving way to a big boat, which made him look at it twice, and he didn't know what the other party was about.
Under Zhu Zhanji's gaze, the big ship came to the place where the card was checked, and a group of people from Jining Mansion and Jining Wei boarded the ship under the guidance of the Caoyun Yamen officer, but soon they came down again and let the big ship go.
"Find out, who they are!" Looking at the big ship that was slowly sailing away from the checkpoint and docked on the dock, Zhu Zhantan put down the teacup in his hand and said in a deep voice to an entourage behind him.
The entourage threw up his hand at Zhu Zhantan, left in a hurry, and went to the dock to inquire about the news.
"Young man, that ship belongs to the eldest lady of the Cao Gang, Lei Ting, and she went to the capital to do business this time." Soon after, the entourage returned and bowed down to Zhu Zhan to confess.
"It turned out to be someone from the Cao Gang!" Zhu Zhantan heard this, and the corners of his mouth showed a look of disdain.
No wonder the people of Caoyun Yamen and the people of Jining Mansion and Jining Wei did not dare to provoke the big ship, although the Cao Gang was a reckless gang, but behind it was the Caoyun Governor Yamen, and the governor of the Caoyun Governor Yamen was the nobles of the imperial court, and the people of Jining Mansion must have to give this face.
Besides, Zhu Zhanji is the prince of the Ming Dynasty, how can he mix with those reckless people on the rivers and lakes?
"Confess, check the people on the ship!" However, now is an extraordinary period, although Zhu Zhantan does not look down on the Cao Gang, a gang in the rivers and lakes, but he does not dare to be careless, so he solemnly instructed that as long as it is a ship entering Beijing, then the people on board must be investigated.
The inspection of Jining Wharf is actually divided into two parts, one bright and one dark, the bright part is the investigation of the people of Caoyun Yamen, Jining Mansion and Jining Wei, and the hidden part is that Zhu Zhantan's people conduct the inventory in private.
After all, there are extraordinary high-ranking officials and magnates among the ships coming and going to the canal, which are not something that these yamen in Jining Mansion can afford to provoke, so Zhu Zhantan's people need to secretly investigate.
After the big ship docked on the dock, Lei Ting led a few attendants to get off the boat, and the entrance of the Cao Bang Yongtang Hall was in Jining, she could not go to the various incense halls along the way, but the branch halls must go, otherwise she would neglect the major branches.
The brave people had already come to the dock to greet them, and they hugged Lei Ting and marched into Jining City to rest.
Li Yuntian, Zhu Zhanji and others naturally stayed on the boat, and Lei Ting left two henchmen and maids to watch on the boat, forbidding anyone to get off the ship and board the ship.
Zhu Zhantan's subordinates secretly investigated, but did not find anything unusual about Lei Ting's trip to the north, and it had nothing to do with the prince, but he didn't know the situation inside the ship.
"Check, no matter whose ship it is, check it!"
After receiving the report from his subordinates, Zhu Zhantan's brows furrowed slightly, it seemed that there was nothing abnormal about Lei Ting's trip, but now is an extraordinary period, and there must not be the slightest negligence, so he muttered for a while and ordered expressionlessly, "Wait for the ship to board the ship after late at night, and if you encounter resistance, you will be punished as a gangster!" ”
Zhu Zhanji's order was quickly transmitted to the Jining prefect and the Jining Wei commander, although the two felt that it was not a wise move to offend the Cao Gang, but since Zhu Zhantan had made up his mind, the two had no choice but to carry it out.
No matter how powerful the Cao Gang is, it can only rely on the Yamen of the Governor of Caoyun, and behind Zhu Zhantan is the King of Han, which is stronger and weaker.
Zhu Zhantan's move to capture is really high, who would have thought that he would attack Lei Ting at night regardless of Lei Ting's boat, and the people on the boat would be caught off guard.
In fact, not only Lei Ting's boat, but also several dignitaries and nobles who were inspected during the day were also subject to Zhu Zhantan's surprise inspection.
Moreover, in Zhu Zhantan's opinion, if he were to be replaced, he would also choose to take the ship of these dignitaries and nobles into Beijing, after all, with those dignitaries and nobles as cover, the road would undoubtedly be much smoother and avoid a lot of unnecessary troubles.
As for the reactions of those high-ranking officials and nobles, Zhu Zhantan didn't need to pay attention to them, in the eyes of these yamen in Jining Mansion, those people were high-ranking officials and magnates, but they were not worth mentioning in front of him.
I don't know why, since he came to Jining Wharf, Li Yuntian has a feeling of restlessness, and there is an inexplicable irritability in his heart.
Therefore, after dinner, he locked himself in his room, lay on the **, pillowed his hands behind his head, looked at the ceiling and fell into deep thought.
Whenever Li Yuntian has such an inexplicable psychological reaction, he will treat it with caution, in his opinion, it is a kind of early warning of danger in his subconscious.
Although Li Yuntian hadn't noticed anything unusual in Jining Mansion so far, he believed that some insignificant details had aroused the alarm of his latent consciousness, but he didn't know it yet.
Everyone will have this kind of subconscious, but the strength is different, the more experienced people will be, the stronger this subconscious will be, and Li Yuntian is undoubtedly the best among this kind of people.
After a long time, Li Yuntian sat up from the **, frowned a few times, got up and left the room, and went to find the crown prince Zhu Zhanji.
"Your Highness, the lower officials feel that the investigation of the robbers in Jining Mansion this time is too sudden, and it seems that there is something else hidden." After seeing Zhu Zhanji, Li Yuntian whispered to him the worries in his heart.
Zhu Zhanji's expression looked a little haggard, he has a poor appetite these days, and he is in a sad mood, so his mental state does not look very good.
"What did Li Yushi see?" Zhu Zhanji was slightly stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but ask suspiciously, he didn't feel anything unusual.
"I'm ashamed to say that the lower officials didn't see anything strange." Li Yuntian smiled bitterly and shook his head, "It's just that this time it happened too coincidentally, and now is a critical moment, and the lower officials have to be careful." ”
"Li Yushi, this palace knows that you have been working hard these days, no one knows that we will be on the boat of the Cao Gang, now you can go back and rest with peace of mind, and when you arrive in the capital, this palace still has important things for you to do." Zhu Zhanji knew that Li Yuntian was worried about his safety, so he smiled disappreciatively, and said comfortingly, thinking that Li Yuntian was a little too nervous.
"The next official retired." Li Yuntian pondered for a while, arched towards Zhu Zhanji, got up and exited the room, he didn't have the slightest information in hand now, let alone Zhu Zhanji, even he didn't know what the danger was.
Leaving Zhu Zhanji's room, Li Yuntian paced back and forth in the cabin a few times before going to find the two henchmen and maids left on the ship by Lei Ting, and whispered a few words to the two.
Immediately, a confidant maid hurriedly got off the boat and disappeared into the night.
"I wish I was just worrying about nothing!" At a window in the cabin, Li Yuntian stared at the background of the henchman maid gradually moving away, and said secretly in his heart, the expression on his face was extremely stern. One