Chapter Thirty-Five—Destiny Decisions
As early as decades ago, when the father of Empress Chen Xinyu decided to move the capital out of the city, he had already anticipated the strong backlash of the royal Chen family, and specially planted three spies from all walks of life to stay in the city. It's just that he didn't expect that the power secretly accumulated by the Chen family of the royal family was enough to fight against them. It was precisely because he underestimated the royal Chen family that he was secretly poisoned on the way out on the road. It has led to a scene of internal struggle for power and profit among each other. Such a chaotic situation was not resolved until Chen Xinyu ascended to the throne of the emperor despite public opinion. However, it is because of this turmoil that Liguo cannot free up his hands to secretly support these three forces in all aspects, in the course of nearly ten years, these three secret agents in the city have been invisibly broken by the royal Chen family, and only the last of the most flexible existence is still in the city, but even so, they do not dare to pass the news to Liguo at will now. It is also for this reason that I did not know the specific content of this before leaving the country. In desperation, he was able to launch a campaign without all preparations. As a result, no news of Zhao Ling's army was heard, resulting in the loss of almost the entire southern army that left the country.
Of course, this last force is so deeply hidden that even the spies within the Chen family of the royal family have spent years trying to understand what it is. Coupled with the fact that the situation in the south is now unclear, Chen Xuan had no choice but to order to temporarily abandon the decision and plan to track down the secret agents who left the country. Almost all the spies in the city have been sent to the south of the Xuanling Continent to investigate the situation. After all, the situation in the south has become very serious, once the confrontation between the feudal state and the Qi state is over, whether the feudal state wins or the Qi state wins, this is a not good situation for the royal Chen family. Therefore, Chen Xuan's attention to this place was still more than temporarily understanding the secrets of leaving the country in this thorough city, and he finally chose to leave all this matter to these secret agents under his command to solve.
So, it is in this coincidence that the last remaining forces in the city are still lurking here, but the recent rumors have relaxed a little, and in many cases they can also go out into the streets without hiding in the shadows everywhere. Although they still haven't been able to pass on the news they have in their hands to the departing country or the departing monarch, Empress Shengde, they have finally escaped the initial predicament, and they no longer need to hide and worry about their lives being threatened.
The main base of the last of the outgoing forces left in the city was the Sanyang Restaurant in the south of the city, but having learned the lessons of the previous two forces, they sent their various personnel to various places. For example, two of these forces are now members of Zhao Ling's mansion, and there is even one person who has already entered the palace of the king with his shrewdness and ability to serve as a guard. It can be said that the last of the outgoing forces that remained in the city for nearly ten years are now entrenched in the whole city, and it has become very difficult to uproot this force in fact.
It is precisely because of this intertwined sphere of influence that this force has finally escaped search after search, and even if the secret agents of the Chen family of the royal family appear in their eyes and lives all the time, the people in this force have basically become accustomed to it.
The leader of this force is the proprietor of the current Sanyang Restaurant, and he is now the person who is calculating today's harvest on the counter directly opposite the Sanyang Restaurant. He was dressed in a gray robe, he looked like he was in his early forties, and his eyes revealed a strange shrewdness, and he was now ostensibly planning to make a plan here, but in fact he wanted to wait for a crucial news to arrive. At this time, it was noon, and there were many guests who came to this Sanyang restaurant to dine, and the messy and noisy crowd was a good way to hide the action they wanted to carry out now.
At this time, a shopkeeper walked in briskly from outside Sanyang Restaurant, although he was wearing the costume of a shopkeeper, he was wearing a white hat on his head. But the bustling people around him did not notice him, and he had already quietly appeared by the counter, and he could only hear him whisper to the proprietor in front of him: "He has entered the city!"
The proprietor did not move, but took one of the signs hanging behind him, and slowly wrote something on it with a brush in his hand. The shopkeeper in front of him had already understood what the proprietor meant. He turned around and immediately walked into the Sanyang Restaurant, only to hear his voice coming from afar, "Does this guest officer still need anything, if you need it, just look for me!"
The proprietor in front of him couldn't help but sigh slightly, they have been staying here for nearly ten years, I am afraid that the people who have left the country have already forgotten them, except for Chen Xinyu's personal guards who came here last year to convey Chen Xinyu's meaning slightly, the other forces that left the country have not paid attention to them at all. At this point, the proprietor was desperate to do something crucial. In this way, there may be some chance to return to the country and gain the support of the country.
After all, originally their actions and funds here were maintained by the income of this Sanyang Restaurant. The forces infiltrated by other parties did not have much income, but as they began to spread their influence on a large scale, the Sanyang Restaurant, which they could have supported the operation, was now somewhat insufficient.
This matter, when Chen Xinyu's personal guards appeared here last year, also conveyed Chen Xinyu's meaning, Chen Xinyu was very sorry for this, or because it was too ostentatious if he wanted to pass on silver taels or other material support, and he could be discovered by the secret agents of the Chen family of the royal family at any time. They can only be self-reliant now, and this personal guard also conveyed Chen Xinyu's meaning, no matter what they do, they will not interfere when they leave the country. It is equivalent to saying that in this city, it is this force that has the final say.
For nearly a year, the proprietor has been thinking about only two things, the most crucial of which is how to expand their influence without being discovered. Since this is the case, then the proprietor thinks that the most important thing in front of him is that person, and for this reason, he even did not hesitate to send several masters under his command who are not easy to use to investigate the situation. The person dressed as the shopkeeper who came back just now was the most critical person to investigate the situation. He brought back the news that the man had entered the city, and the proprietor was looking forward to it.
And at this moment, from the outside of this Sanyang Restaurant walked in three figures of similar figures, but if you look closely, you will find that the woman walking in the middle looks a little older, but even if she is older, she looks only in her early twenties, these three people walked into this Sanyang Restaurant side by side, and the girl walking in the middle walked quickly to the front of the counter. asked in a low voice, "Uncle Qin, how is the situation now?"
The proprietor's gaze in front of him was slightly stunned, and he stood up in disbelief and looked at the girl in a long white dress in front of him. He immediately lowered his voice in surprise and said, "It turned out to be Madame, why are you here at this time?"
The news that happened in the city a few days ago shocked the whole city, and the proprietor of this Sanyang Restaurant had also heard this news that made him feel very curious, and he was also very concerned about this matter. After all, Kong Hong is now the only high-ranking official of the Chen family of the imperial family in the city who has taken the initiative to announce her support for leaving the country, although her identity is only the wife of General Zhao Ling, but in fact it proves that Kong Hong is also the same as Empress Shengde, she is a strange woman, and what she is doing now is completely to impress the proprietor. It's just that he originally wanted to contact Kong Hong further, but he didn't expect that Kong Hong left the city directly during this time some time ago, so that the proprietor wanted to find her and had no chance. Not long after Kong Hong returned here, there was already news that Kong Hong secretly contacted and left the country, Kong Hong was controlled by Chen Xuan, the head of the Chen family of the royal family, and was directly imprisoned in the prison of the palace of the Chen family of the royal family.
However, Kong Hong took the initiative to appear today, and he had temporarily changed his outfit, and under the cover of the two brothers and sisters who looked like each other, the surrounding people did not take the initiative to pay too much attention to the true face of this woman in a white dress. Of course, the proprietor of Sanyang Restaurant can obviously see who this girl's face is. At the same time, the proprietor could also tell from the movements of Kong Hong's fingers and lips that Kong Hong had obviously escaped from prison and came here.
Kong Hong introduced the two siblings Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan beside him to the proprietor of Sanyang Restaurant in front of him, and at the same time she lowered her voice and asked, "I don't know, Uncle Qin, is my father really here now?"
The proprietor of the Sanyang Restaurant in front of him did not hide Kong Hong in front of him, nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, madam, your father has entered the city and is now secretly coming here." I believe that as the head of the family, he will definitely be fully prepared to come here. Madame doesn't have to worry about anything at that."
Kong Hong sighed slightly, this incident finally happened. Since her father had really come here, she had no other way. In this situation, I am afraid that the only way to meet with my father and talk about the key things is the best way.
Thinking of this, Kong Hong turned around and lowered his voice and said to the proprietor in front of him: "In that case, Uncle Qin, can you arrange a private room for me to rest temporarily?