Chapter 086: Letters
Fei Minghe lay motionless on the couch, only the sound of wheezing with heavy phlegm proved that he was still alive.
During this period, a subordinate came in lightly, handed over the food box, took the food box, added carbon to the stove, and then withdrew silently again.
The night in the wax moon was very long, as if I had closed my eyes and been taking a nap for a long time, and after waking up, it was still dark, only a few lanterns in the courtyard of the Wei Mansion were shaken by the cold wind blowing through the hall in the dark night.
Tuk-tuk.
There were three very short knocks on the door, coming from the dark chamber at the end of the chamber, which was the dark room used for bathing and changing clothes.
Since interrogating Cui Yi about Mrs. Wei's poisoning, Fei Minghe specially opened a narrow mezzanine in the dark pavilion where he changed clothes and opened a secret door alone.
The outside of the secret door is only an arm's width away from the outer wall of the Wei Mansion, and there are clumps of bamboo and year-old trees planted around it, which is very hidden outside, so only a few people such as Lin Shifan and Cheng Ye know that they can enter from the secret door when the matter is urgent and they need to avoid people's eyes.
Hearing the knock on the door, Fei Minghe sat up suddenly, and jumped off to the dark room before he could put on his cotton clothes.
Yun Chai, who was dressed in black, twisted into the door, and with the cold air of the wind and frost outside, Fei Minghe couldn't help but tremble.
"Mr. Fei, Second Master Ye has a letter."
The cowhide seal with body temperature was handed into Fei Minghe's hand, and he groped his way through the middle hall from the dark dark room to the opposite side for a while, and Yun Chai held his arm and reported briefly:
"Something happened when I met the Khan of Modo."
Yun chased almost no water and rice along the way, three people and ten horses, and when they arrived in Beijing, even the last horse they were riding under them could not bear the hardships of running and fell. He helped Fei Minghe to sit down at the table, and he leaned in front of the charcoal basin to keep warm.
Fei Minghe fumbled to light the candle, tremblingly untied the fire paint seal, and he was stunned the moment he shook off the letter.
"Huh...... The old man really didn't die. ”
Although Cheng Ye only described his doubts and speculations in the letter, Fei Minghe was sure that his instincts were correct, and Feng Sidao could not die easily.
Using Ah Lan's grievances to implicate the murder of the old Khan of Tu Xilu by Lamulun, and suppressing the king of Lamulun, who opposed his friendship with Dachen, was a sure victory in restarting the mutual market. However, once Funsdao, one of those who knew the inside, intervened, the outcome was bound to be unpredictable.
"Ahem......"
Fei Minghe only felt a throbbing pain in his chest, a salty smell came up in his throat, and blood oozed faintly between his fingers covering his mouth.
"Sir, sir!"
Yun Chai was shocked, and he couldn't find a wipe cloth under his look, so he had to hurry to help him stroke his back first.
Fei Minghe didn't care, he took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped the corners of his mouth, then rubbed the handkerchief between his bloody fingers, the grin was almost hideous, and the hatred in his eyes was as burning as firelight, and he was also trembling when he saw Yun Chai.
"It's okay, he's not dead yet, I can't stop breathing."
He read Cheng Ye's letter several times, coughed on the table for a long time, and laughed out loud:
"Don't worry, Da Chen's mission has not been defeated, Brother Ye has done the right thing, starting with King Tiele, the benefits of the mutual market are obvious, and they can't help but be unmoved. Feng Sidao, an old horseman, has always only known how to use skills to control people, but he has a bad heart, and I bet that he will not be able to achieve anything big. ”
I don't know if it was aroused by the news about Feng Sidao in the letter, Yun Chai found that Fei Lao at this time was very different from the rickety state of the sick bed in the past. Just when he was puzzled, he heard Fei Minghe say to him:
"You must have worked the road for the past two days, and you will rest here first, and after dawn, please invite Miss Cousin, I have something important to discuss."
Yun Chai lay down on the couch in the west room and his eyelids fought shortly after, and after a while, he fell asleep deeply, and before falling asleep, he still muttered to himself, what is Fei Lao doing? Rummaging through boxes and cabinets with candlesticks to find things, the news that Feng Sidao was still alive was really better than a miracle doctor and a miracle medicine on Fei Lao.
Yi Qiumao arrived at the Wei Mansion in half an hour, when it was still dark, and he was startled when he saw Fei Lao waiting for her at the door of the wing room with a lantern in high spirits.
"Qiu'er, I have sent Feng Cha and a few people to set off immediately, and secretly send Alan's daughter back to Tuxilu and place her in Jiang Yuyi."
Yiqiu nodded in response, she had already learned the news sent back by Cheng Ye from Yun Chai's mouth, and she had just finished arranging for the wind to take the worm to the west, and then she came to the Wei Mansion.
Yiqiu was afraid that Fei Minghe would catch the wind again, so he almost dragged him by the arm and dragged him to the room.
"Brother Ye is young, I'm really afraid that he will make a mistake in a panic." Yiqiu said worriedly.
"It's okay, it's actually imperative for Tu Xilu and Dachen to reopen the mutual market, which King Tiele and Princess Yicheng both know very well. Although Namoda Khan attaches more importance to King Lamulun, judging from his various behaviors since he ascended the throne, this person is very conservative and does not have much ambition, and he will not do it if he offends Dachen to do a thankless business with Tulun. ”
Fei Minghe is very sure that when it comes to the control of Tuxi's laws and national conditions, he is much clearer than Feng Sidao.
In the Huaiyuan Army back then, Tu Xilu's intelligence network was built by Fei Minghe and Jiang Yuyi, and Feng Sidao was afraid that he would not be able to catch up with him.
"Sir, aren't you afraid that Feng Sidao will stir up a big mess in a hurry and can't end it?"
Yiqiu is still worried, his father and cousin are far away in Tuxilu is worried enough, if the mutual market fails, then the imperial court will face the dual threat of Tulun and Tuxilu, even if Zhang Liang Kongming is reborn, it will be difficult to remedy.
"Hahahaha"
Fei Minghe laughed loudly when he heard this, his eyes were shining, "I'm afraid that Feng Sidao won't move, and we won't be able to find a way to break the situation." Once he still wants to make a big deal out of it, not to mention that Brother Ye can see the flaws, King Tiele may not be able to tolerate him. ”
Yiqiu vaguely remembered that his father had counted the potential opponents of today's neighboring countries, Tulun had the Ebony Nanjiang River, and King Tiele of Tuxilu was also a natural power-maker, but he had deliberately faded out of the core of power for some reason over the years.
"You see, according to Chengye's letter, on the sixth day of the first month, the mission met Modo Khan, and the mutual market was not negotiated."
Fei Minghe handed Chengye's letter to Yiqiu, "If the old man remembers correctly, the rumors in Kyoto only began to spread on the sixth day of the first month. ”
Yiqiu didn't have time to read the words in the letter, and suddenly slapped his palm on the table, "Fei Lao said......"
"That's right", Fei Minghe bowed, "Since it happened at the same time, the news from Tuxilu's side can't be passed back, why are the rumors so sure that the mutual market will fail?" It must be an accomplice with Feng Sidao, knowing that Feng will be able to destroy the mutual market this time, so he immediately spread rumors in Beijing to create chaos. ”
Yiqiu frowned and said suspiciously:
"This is also a bit risky, in case Feng Sidao's plan fails, won't the rumors in Beijing reveal their identities in vain?"
"Heh, according to Brother Ye's letter, the mutual market has indeed failed", although the words are very frustrating facts, but Fei Minghe did not show any frustration on his face, "When we went to Tu Xilu, we never thought that Feng Sidao would come back from the dead and obstruct the mutual market. ”