The news of Zhao Meng's death came at this moment.

Some soldiers beat gongs and walked through the streets and alleys to announce Zhao Meng's death. They also buckled Zhao Meng's hat on Xu Erlang's head before, and directly buckled it back.

At the same time, Zhao Meng was also charged with slandering the imperial court's officials, disregarding human life, embezzlement and bribery, and collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country.

Because Zhao Meng has been ambushed, these servants who were afraid of Zhao Meng like a beast earlier have a sense of pleasure at this moment that the mountain above their heads has been overturned. They shouted as if they were the ones who killed Zhao Meng. They are in high spirits and happy, and if they don't have an errand to do, they can't wait to jump into the sky at this time.

Not to mention that when the people and officials heard the good news, most of them wept with joy. It is only said that because Zhao Meng is dead, most of the generals in his hands have also died, and the sailor soldiers who were taken away by Zhao Meng were taken into custody if the circumstances were serious. In this way, the Minzhou Navy Division has more than tens of thousands of available soldiers. To deal with the Japanese who want to "attack Minzhou unprepared", the odds of victory are more than fifty percent.

Now Minzhou's military strength and the Japanese army are completely reversed, Minzhou has the home advantage, and the soldiers are twice as many as the Japanese invaders, so that the Japanese want to take advantage of Minzhou this time, which is tantamount to a fool's dream.

The officials were surrounded by enthusiastic people, and they seemed to be masters who had seen through the heavens, and as soon as they told the latest news from the front line, they had to look at the people like saviors. The people were expecting them to say something more powerful, and these officials were not ordinary people, they had all been ordered from above, and they would take the opportunity to publicize the hard goods that several generals had stuffed in.

These hard goods include, the soldiers of the Navy Battalion had the intention to pursue them, but they were always stopped by Zhao Meng on the grounds of "poor Kou Mo chasing"; The Japanese invaders took advantage of the weakening of the Minzhou Navy Division to attack, and the timing was too accurate, saying that there was no traitor to deliver the news, and the ghosts didn't believe it.

And this time the Japanese are obviously prepared, so who might be the person who hooked up with them? It's something you can think of with your toes.

Finally, now, this big hat of treason and collaboration with the enemy has become more and more tightly buttoned on Zhao Meng's head. He wanted to take it off, but there was no possibility.

is also because Zhao Meng betrayed the country and collaborated with the enemy, so his death does not need to be pursued too much. Oh, if you want to investigate it above, you can find out who is the person who has been escorting Zhao Meng?

After all, if Zhao Mengruo is simply just a commander of the Minzhou Navy Division, then he does not have such a large capacity to say nothing in the Minzhou Navy Army. There are also bloody people among the generals of the navy, and there is still that sentence, they all say that Qin Hui still has three friends, how can these generals not have them?

They must have told their relatives and friends about this before, and even worse, their friends also sent a letter to the Imperial Historian, wanting the Imperial History to impeach Zhao Meng, attract the attention of the imperial court, and send someone to investigate.

As a result, just looking at Zhao Meng's previous life in Minzhou, he knew that there was no follow-up to this matter.

So, who has the energy to stop those news in advance. Or, let those who have the heart to play this matter not open their mouths and be speechless. This is a very thorough investigation, and maybe that person is also a traitor.

The streets and alleys of Minzhou are finally lively again.

The people dared to come out and walk around, and some brave teenagers even ran to Dongcheng with a hot brain. Although it is a bit far from the battlefield, the East City Gate is now closed, and whether you go out or enter, it is strictly under the control.

However, what if the Japanese invaders were really strong, they broke through the defense line of the Minzhou Navy Division and hit the city gate? They're here at that time, and they can help, right? They fought side by side, and they were always able to kill a few pirates.

The people near the East City Gate ran out of the door with their families after Zhao Meng's death.

They took their belongings, carried the old and the young, and went to the west gate.

The west gate was now open, and they wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to get out of the city. At this time, there were no boats on the river, and it was obviously not feasible for them to flee to other state capitals with their families, but even if they didn't go there, it was better to hide in the reeds by the river for a few days, than to listen to the movement in Dongcheng day and night, and it was better than to be the first wave of tragic ghosts after the Japanese invaded and died.

Not to mention the movement in Minzhou City, only to say that Zhao Meng defected and raised the anti-Xu banner, long before this, it was like a popular night crossing, and it spread to several state capitals in the south of the Yangtze River within a few days, and then spread to the rest of the territory of Daqi at a faster speed.

The Song family in Qizhou has its own news channels, so they also learned the news of the critical situation in Minzhou at the first time.

Song Mingqian and his father both felt that the matter was very important, and they wanted to suppress the news and not spread it for the time being, so as not to be known by people with a heart and cause chaos in Qizhou.

But they are not the only ones who are well-informed in Qizhou.

For example, some official eunuchs, or wealthy businessmen who do business, these people are often more well-informed. But if one of them says it, the whole people of Qizhou will know about it later.

The only thing we can do now is to guide the news to a good place, so that the people will not panic, so that those who have tricks in their hearts will not dare to act rashly.

Song Mingqian frowned with thick eyebrows, and the expression on his face was serious.

The old man of the Song family was relaxed on his face, "These are not things that you and I should think about. Lord Shi is not a mediocre person, with his suppression, no matter who it is, there will be no chaos in a short period of time. Instead of worrying about the people of Qizhou, you should go to Yu'an and ask him to inform the children of the Xu Mansion about the news. ”

Song Mingqian thought for a moment and nodded. This matter can't be concealed after all, not to mention that there will definitely be rumors from some noble mansions in Qizhou later, just say that those children also have loyal subordinates around them to protect each other. Just because they don't know the news now doesn't mean they won't know it in the future. In this case, it is better to inform them earlier, so that they can be a little prepared.

Song Mingqian immediately asked people to look for Yu'an, which was also a coincidence, Song Yu'an was with Chang'an at the moment.

At this time, the second semester examination of the academy had just ended, and Yu'an, Chang'an, Zhu Rao, Fang Chen, Shi Shuyuan and others were going to the canteen with several students from the local character class.

On the way, they were still asking each other how the strategies on the test paper were written. Because they are all proud sons of heaven, each of them has a lot of attainments in policy theory, and everyone's policy theory has something worth talking about, so it is very lively.

The subordinate hurried over at this time, and it quickly aroused the curiosity of the people.

said that he was a subordinate, but what came to everyone was actually a young boy about ten years old. This young man is talented and intelligent, and he is also a good seedling for reading. Helplessly, he has six fingers on his left and right hands, and he is not within the scope of the people allowed to conduct scientific research in this dynasty. And because he was different from ordinary children, not only did he not cry when he was born, but he smiled, and his family was afraid that the child was ominous, so even if it was a boy, he was in a hurry to lose him.

When the little boy was discovered, the umbilical cord on his body had not been treated, and the blood stains on his body had dried on his body. It is also thanks to the good time when he was born, not the cold wax moon, nor the early spring and late autumn, but the hottest summer of the year, and the person who picked him up happened to be a doctor with a high degree of medical skills, otherwise this child who was abandoned for two days would have died early.

This child grew up with Dr. Xin, who originally wanted to take him as a little disciple, but this child did not have the slightest talent to study medicine. After that, Dr. Xin took him to Qingyang Mountain to treat the old lady of the Song family, and the young man fell into Song Mingqian's eyes, and was taken by Song Mingqian to be a child.

said that he was a boy who was a messenger, but everyone in the academy knew that this was similar to the dean's disciple. However, he could attend any course taught by Song Mingqian. Even if he was interested in the lectures of some of the other gentlemen in the academy, the gentlemen welcomed him in and studied.

This boy is really talented, and now he is almost at the level of the Xuanzi class. It's just that he can't participate in the imperial examination, so he can't be famous in this life.

However, it is not possible to conduct scientific examinations, but it can also teach as a teacher. Song Mingqian also considered the future of this little disciple, but what happened in the future depends on what level this boy can have.

Song Yu'an is also clear about his father's thoughts. In addition, he grew up watching Mingcheng, and treating him is no different from treating Feng'an and Hui'an. This is also his other brother.

Mingcheng was very measured, and came over to respectfully greet a few of them, and then said, "The dean asked me to come to find the eldest prince to go over, if the eldest son of the Xu family is also there, would it be good to go over by the way?" ”

Song Yu'an and Chang'an glanced at each other, and their heartbeats suddenly increased twice. Both of them had a bad premonition in their hearts, and as for what the premonition pointed to, the two of them felt a little bit in their hearts, so their mood became heavier and heavier, and they couldn't lift their feet heavily.

After the three of them left, Zhu Rao looked at Shi Shuyuan, "Has there been a big event in Jiangnan recently?" ”

Shi Shuyuan is the youngest son of the current governor of Qizhou, and his father, Lord Shi, has served in Qizhou for six years and has a good reputation in Qizhou.

Unlike Lord Shi's foresight, fairness and solemnity, Shi Shuyuan is frank and enthusiastic, and he does not have the frame of the prince of the state mansion at all.

Because of this, he is very popular, and he has made a few confidants and friends in Qingyang.

Zhu Rao is a tall person, likes to compete with others in his studies, and he is famous for his poisonous tongue, and he is unforgiving with his mouth, and he has offended people because of this problem like Senior Brother Xianghe.

Shi Shuyuan was "attacked" by Zhu Rao many times, but they had no intention, and the listeners did not go to their hearts, so the relationship was very good.

Zhu Rao asked the well-informed Shi Shuyuan to inquire about the news, and the rest of the people also looked at Shi Shuyuan. Shi Shuyuan frowned at that time, not knowing if the matter was related to Minzhou.

The last time he returned home on a day off, he was taken by his father to the study in the evening to test his homework. That is the kung fu, the people around my father came to deliver the latest court newspaper and the movements of the surrounding state capitals.

After my father saw it, the expression on his face was not very good-looking.

He was curious, pestering to see what was going on, and the eldest brother and second brother also came over at this time, seeing that his father's face was wrong, and he was also curious about the news. The father asked the three brothers to watch it together. Then, and then, a person like Shi Shuyuan, who didn't put things off in his heart, also held back for many days, and never dared to show anything strange in front of Xu Changan, let alone tell him those secret news.

But now it seems that there should indeed be turmoil in Minzhou.

Shi Shuyuan said, "I'm not sure if it's true or not, but this news is as short as three or two days, and it should come out tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and you will know by then." ”

A few classmates wanted to beat him up, but they weren't so appetizing. It's hidden like this, and those who don't know think something big is happening. They are curious and anxious, and they are afraid that they will not be able to sleep well for the past two days.

When Chang'an came out of the dean's courtyard, his face was so dark that he could condense ink.

The turmoil in Minzhou will not happen overnight, and there must have been signs before. But he didn't even receive any news about this, and Uncle Lao Song told him that he knew that Minzhou was now in dire straits. And his second uncle, if he is not careful, he may be ruined and will never recover. The third uncle of his own family is even more dangerous, as long as he is not vigilant for a while, he may be in a different place.

He should have known these news a long time ago!

Chang An took a deep breath, he could think that it must have been the second uncle's orders, and those people didn't dare to pass on these news to him. For fear that they would be worried, that they would be in trouble.

But they're not small.

Whether it is him or Brother Rong, they are all the people who will support the lintel of Xufu in the future, if they don't let them see more wind and waves, how can they grow up?

Chang'an also sincerely felt at this time that there were still too few available people around him. The most useful official family was left in the capital by him to take care of the business, and most of the people around him who have been relied on by him are the people arranged by the second uncle.

It's time for this situation to change, and he should recruit more reliable people to train him. So you don't have to be unavailable. With manpower, he can also arrange for his second uncle and aunt to be with them, and at that time, even if they want to hide some things from him, he will not be kept in the dark like a blind and deaf man.

Chang'an's face sank as if a storm was coming, and Song Yu'an's face was also not very good-looking.

Although Xiao Yu'er is a boudoir woman, she is still the daughter of the Governor's Palace...... But precisely because she is the daughter of the Governor's Palace, her danger is even greater.

They had already learned the simple course of events from their father, but this bit of information gave them a glimpse of how dangerous the situation in Minzhou was now.

Zhao Meng is the opposite!

Although he cited the slogan of killing Xu Erlang, a traitorous minister, anyone with a discerning eye could see that he intended to be in Minzhou.

And Zhao Meng and Ding Qiufeng have both been operating in Minzhou for more than ten years, and they definitely don't have the intention of running Minzhou into a country within a country overnight.

They were well prepared and caught everyone off guard. Then there are Japanese pirates, and the situation of Minzhou can be imagined. 1603366419