When he arrived in the study, Tang Hongfei made a detailed report to Zhou An.

Wu Xukuan was already preparing to force the palace for the second time, and the timing he chose was the same as the first time, all of which were intended to force the empress to abdicate in front of hundreds of civil and military officials in the early dynasty.

The day before yesterday, the empress got the news of the mutiny and rebellion of the Baijiang Army.

Yesterday morning, the empress was furious.

And it was after yesterday's morning court, Wu Xukuan saw that the time was ripe, so he began to prepare for the second time to force the palace, he should have been deceived by the empress's performance in yesterday's early court, and felt that the empress really had no way at all, and he couldn't think of what the empress could do, so he felt that the opportunity had come, so he made arrangements.

Wu Xukuan decided to launch a siege on the day when the Baijiang army arrived 100 miles away from Qianjing City.

And he estimated that the time of arrival of the Baijiang army should be five days later.

That is, the twenty-first day of the lunar month.

However, according to Wu Xukuan's meaning, even if the Baijiang Army did not arrive on the 21st day of the lunar month, it would be okay if it was a day or two late.

The Baijiang Army came from the south of Zhongzhou much faster than the Chuanhe Army came from the north of Zhongzhou, because the Chuanhe Army had to pass through the steep "Central Sichuan Corridor", and the marching speed could not be fast, but the Baijiang Army was not.

Therefore, if no one could stop the Baijiang army, the Baijiang army might really rush to the outside of Qianjing on the 21st of the lunar month.

Wu Xukuan calculated everything.

And the important ministers of the Manchu Dynasty have been informed.

And the reason why Tang Hongfei was able to get the news was because Wu Xukuan arranged it in advance and told the important ministers who followed him what to do when the time came, and how to force the palace with him.

The information came from a Beijing official mansion called "Lu Lian".

Lu Lian is the left imperial history of the Imperial Palace, this is the title of the third grade, he is naturally qualified to go to the early dynasty, he also got Wu Xukuan's arrangement, made preparations, and Wu Xukuan also gave him a special job, that is, let him impeach Kang Longji in public on the morning of the 21st!

What Yu Shi did was impeachment!

Wu Xukuan must have arranged more than one person to impeach Kang Longji, Lu Lian was just an introduction, he impeached first, and then I am afraid that a group of people would have to jump out and impeach one after another, which is also part of Wu Xukuan's plan to force the palace.

The news leaked from Lu Lian.

But he didn't leak it himself.

At present, Dongchang has formed a huge and strict surveillance network in Qianjing City, including Wu Xukuan, both the government and the opposition, whether it is a high-ranking minister or a wealthy businessman, as long as it is worthy of being monitored, they are all monitored.

And the Dongchang soldiers who are monitoring them, only a few are in the light, and most of them are in the dark.

Some of these secret agents, or "spies", have already penetrated the homes of the monitored targets, and even lurked around them.

Now on the Lu Lian Mansion, there are people from Dongchang.

Tang Hongfei told Zhou An how this information was obtained, and he even took the information of the military service that detected the information, because he knew that Zhou An would definitely want to see it.

The Dongchang fan who lurked in the Lu Lian Mansion was named "Pan Yuanyu", he was originally a swinger brother in Qianjing City, he liked to find flowers and ask willows, and he didn't learn anything, but in addition to deceiving women, he never did evil.

A few years ago, Pan Yuanyu's family was in the middle of the road, he ended up in the market, and became a flat-headed person with no money and no power, he had struggled, wanted to go to the relationship, and sought an errand in the yamen, but failed to do so, after that, he was depressed, became more prodigal, relying on a good skin and rhetoric, defrauding women's money, relying on women to live.

Until last month.

After Zhou An set up the East Factory, he expanded the staff of the East Factory and secretly recruited many people in the market.

It was at that time that Pan Yuanyu was recommended to secretly join the East Factory and become a servant.

And just five days after he joined the East Factory, he successfully entered Lu Lian's mansion and became a family member in Lu Lian's mansion, a newcomer to the house, naturally he couldn't gain Lu Lian's trust, and it could even be said that he couldn't get in touch with Lu Lian at all, and he did the dirtiest and most tiring work.

Pan Yuanyu is like this.

But he has a special place, that is, just three days after entering Lu Lian's mansion, he coaxed Lu Lian's favorite concubine "Aunt He" to bed.

Aunt He was originally a Qingqi person of Caihuan Pavilion, with the stage name He Xiaoqing, and was accepted as a concubine by Lu Lian the year before last, and Aunt He was only fifteen years old at the time, and this year, she is only seventeen years old.

And Lu Lian is already seventy years old!

Obviously, although Lu Lian favors Aunt He the most, he is powerless to do this kind of thing like a pear flower pressing a begonia, so Pan Yuanyu successfully sent him a green hat.

And the information was taken out of Aunt He's mouth by Pan Yuanyu when he had a private meeting with Aunt He.

Aunt He naturally listened to Lu Lian herself.

……

Zhou An sat behind the table, looked at Pan Yuanyu's information documents, and listened to Tang Hongfei's detailed report on the whole situation.

This information is very important.

Zhou An must prepare in advance.

However, Zhou An, who listened to Tang Hongfei's words, did not focus on Wu Xukuan at the first time, but on Pan Yuanyu, this guy, talent! Zhou An even had the mind to learn from him, how did he coax women? Zhou An really needs this skill now.

"Pan Yuanyu is still in the Lu Lian Mansion now?" Zhou An closed the information and paperwork, looked up and asked.

"Yes." Tang Hongfei replied respectfully.

"Well, okay, let him continue to lurk, and let him investigate Lu Lian's corruption."

"Yes, I will do it immediately."

In fact, Zhou An really wants to call Pan Yuanyu over now, Dongchang really needs talents, and Pan Yuanyu is obviously a talent, and he can even be called a "genius", that ability, Zhou An really wants to learn.

Zhou An wants to talk to Pan Yuanyu in person and understand it personally, if it works, Zhou An will reuse it.

However, since Pan Yuanyu is now a family member in the Lu Lian Mansion, he must not be able to leave easily, so Zhou An is not in a hurry to see him.

"Go ahead...... By the way, call Xu Kaitai over. ”

"Yes, retire from your duties."

Not long after Tang Hongfei left, Xu Kaitai came.

Zhou An looked for Xu Kaitai to ask him to contact Li Guangshan, only Xu Kaitai would not be suspected if he went to the Shengguo Mansion, and Li Guangshan would secretly leave Qianjing City today, he may not be in his own mansion now, Zhou An is not easy to find him, Xu Kaitai can.

Zhou An wants to see Li Guangshan, and the situation is urgent, so the plan needs to be changed.

An hour after Xu Kaitai left.

In the study, Zhou An was the only one, and he was reading some confidential intelligence documents.

Whew.

There was a sudden strange sound from the back window of the study, it seemed that the wind had blown the window open, and when Zhou An looked up, Li Guangshan was already standing at the table, worthy of Tiangang Realm, sneaking into the East Factory during the day was like playing.

"Old handsome." Zhou An hurriedly got up.

"What? Brother Zhou is in a hurry? Li Guangshan raised his hand to signal Zhou An not to be polite, and said with a smile, "You still call me brother."

"It's urgent." Zhou An nodded, and immediately told Li Guangshan about the situation.

Li Guangshan also told Zhou An about his own side and the situation of contacting his former cronies.

The two reconsidered.

It wasn't until near noon, after the two reformulated their plans, that Li Guangshan secretly left the East Factory.

He's leaving!

Midday.

Zhou An, who dealt with things in the Dongchang Yamen, returned to the palace.

He went to Qianwu Palace first, reported the situation to the empress, and had lunch with the empress, and stayed for more than an hour before leaving.

Afternoon.

Back in the Qianli Palace, Zhou An locked himself in the inner hall of Ning'an Garden.

Alchemy, alchemy again!

This time, he finally wanted to refine the kind of elixir that might make him grow.