Volume II-18 Journey to Luoyang (IX) (II)

++++++++++++++++++ the demarcation line of the trip to Luoyang (IX) (below).

A truck stopped at the gate of Xu Ji Dyeing Workshop, a time-honored brand in Lingyi Lane in Luoyang City, and four guys came down, one of them walked all the way in with the account book in his hand, and the remaining three began to move goods.

The backyard of this dye mill is a cargo hold, which looks like it is storing all kinds of fuel and cloth. The guy walked into a cargo hold with a ledger in hand, and in the corner of the hold, he opened the door to a large cupboard and walked in, and after a while he appeared in a quiet courtyard next door. This small courtyard is on the same street as the Aoki Tea House, and in front of it is a three-entry pharmacy, which has been in Luoyang for decades. There is a small pond in the small courtyard and a gazebo next to it. It's winter, but maybe it's surrounded by houses, the yard isn't cold, and the pond isn't frozen. An embroiderer in a blue robe was sitting in the pavilion and drinking tea around the stove with two people who looked like masters, and at this time he was standing up and walking to the side of the pavilion facing the pool, as if looking at the reflection of the Taihu Lake stone in the water on the opposite side in a daze.

After this guy came in, he didn't hesitate, walked all the way to the pavilion, and nodded slightly to the two masters, although the embroiderer did not look back, but he still saluted respectfully: "Master, the person who followed the killer of Yingyue Tower is back, and the people who were arrested and put into the government prison with Guo Er were all resolved, but Maguli is missing." ”

"Is it missing? Or did Tang San'er already notice it and get him out of prison? ”

"It's missing, our people have been staring, I saw him go in, and Zhou Haizhi didn't send anyone to the prison in the middle. There have been no arraignments, and from last night to now, the prison has been in and out. And our people also saw him go in. Maguli was tall and dressed as a foreign businessman, and he was eye-catching wherever he went. ”

"Maybe it's because of the piercing eyes, so it's easier to disguise, maybe it's not him who will go to prison."

"That... The subordinate asked someone to look for clues since he met you last afternoon. ”

"Gotta find him. He has a special identity, and he has also seen some scenes, although I am easy to look like Gao Deqing, but with his eyes, I will not be aware of it. With his cleverness, Yixiang's reputation has long been rotten, and he is willing to go around to Luoyang to talk about cooperation with us, so it is very likely that he guessed that I am not Gao Deqing. We have spent so much effort to pretend to be Gao Deqing and collect the remnants of him and Yixiang, especially in the area of Luoyang, we must not expose us because of him, and Tang San'er will definitely follow the vine and hinder us when the time comes. ”

"I must do my best to find Maguli's whereabouts, but my subordinates feel that the master doesn't need to worry so much. Tang San'er came to Luoyang only for the affairs of the Tang Sect, and occasionally brought his friend Zhou Haizhi to clear the obstacles in Luoyang, even if Tang Lan was in charge of controlling Xiwei, it had nothing to do with him directly. He was just a staff member by Yiyi's side, and he didn't pay much attention to the affairs of the imperial court. So I don't think it's very likely that he's paying attention to Magooli in advance. ”

"Don't underestimate your opponent, Tang Xinjie is not a simple character, last night's Huang Cong is an example, you haven't remembered it yet?"

"My subordinates know their mistakes, so I'll arrange for people to solve the matter of Maguli."

"Master, do you think this is because Maguli himself found out something in advance, and he didn't go to the Light Shirt Courtyard at all, and he ran away a long time ago?"

"It is also possible that among the princes of the ancient kingdom, Maguli is the one with the most brains. No matter what it is, we can rest assured that we have to see people in life and corpses in death. ”

"Okay, the other is Huang Cong and Shi Jin's side, which has been carried out according to your arrangement. Both of them confessed that Mr. Gao instructed them, and that the master had been Yixiang for the past few years. Although Yixiang can't ascend to the throne now, the first emperor still has a few favorite emperors and grandsons to support. These people are looking at the interests of the future, and no one cares whether it is the emperor's favor or not. The more this is the case, the more it makes Yiyi's people feel credible. ”

"That's good," one of the strategists continued, "let them dig slowly among their brothers, so that they won't keep an eye on us, and the more holes they dig between their brothers, the less energy Yiyi will have to guard against us." ”

"It's good, it's just that I gave them Huang Cong and Shi Jin, two capable people, it's a pity. Especially Shi Jin. Another counselor said, "Of all these people, he is the most talented, and if he can be used by his master at that time, he will only have a greater advantage, but it is a pity that he will be folded here." ”

"What's the pity, for a woman to control a person, there will be a big flaw in concentration." The advisor before expressed disdain.

"Mr. Li is right," the embroiderer nodded and said, "Although Shi Jin is a talent, he is a little inferior in self-control. Although he met a difficult woman like Qi Mengli this time, he was planted because he was not bright enough and not open-minded enough. ”

As he spoke, the shopkeeper of the pharmacy hurriedly walked in, and saw him frowning slightly. Normally, he wouldn't let him in unless he had something very important.

"Master," the shopkeeper said as soon as he came in: "Just now there was news from the capital, the county lord left home on the way back to Beijing from Autumn Hunting, and the little girl by her side has been pretending to be her to live in the mansion. A few days ago, because of the upbringing of the grandmother, I always felt that the county lord was different from usual, and after talking for a long time, the little girl showed her feet and found out. Now the princess of Jingli Fuzhong is already sick. And the county lord asked someone to send a letter back to Beijing a few days ago to you and the princess, saying that she was going to Kansai for a visit and would return to Beijing after the New Year. ”

"Where has she been?"

"The letter was sent out at a message point in Haelyeong County, Gyeonggi Province. According to the person who sent the letter, their leader had already sent someone to follow the county lord, and the commander Liu there was a fine man, so there should be no big mistake. If there is no other delay on the county main road, it will be in Zhongzhou in four or five days. ”

The embroiderer closed his eyes and sighed, full of impatience: "Let her go, she still can't let go of Tang Laosan in her heart." ”

"Do you want someone to inform the county lord that Tang Gongzi is in Luoyang. lest she go to Xianyang and run in vain. ”

"Let her be, since she is cross-minded, let her solve it herself. Just send someone to protect her on the way. ”

"Since the county lord is bent on Tang Sangongzi, it is better to find an excuse for the emperor to marry the county lord. In this way, even if he is a staff member of the prince's side, he can be used by us. The master, surnamed Li, suggested.

"Marriage, I'm afraid that we will be exposed to the eyes of Chen Mural. For now, we still have to do things slowly in the water. And with the character of Tang Xinjie, I am afraid that marriage will not work. Didn't the Lan family just fold a young lady in it. The embroiderer shook his head slowly.

The shopkeeper of the pharmacy was a little surprised, he didn't expect that his own county lord actually liked the third son of the Tang Sect, and his own prince was sitting in Luoyang these days and planned to clean him up, although it was not good to go out last night, but with the strategy of his own master, the young man may not be an opponent: "Another news from the capital today is also about this Tang family." He paused for a moment, the master just looked at him and didn't speak, the letter was a little long, and it was a matter of the backyard of the three aunts and six women, so that he could not help but feel ashamed to say it. He just organized it simply: "Our divisive plan between the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother has been effective. The queen has already let the Lan family enter the palace to discuss, and things are developing in the direction we expected. ”

"This is a good thing, the more fierce Chen Mulu and the woman of the Lan family are, the less energy Yiyi will have to do the right thing. Tell them to try their best to achieve the goal of making the two women fight, but don't want to pick out the Tang family, especially Tang Xinjie. ”

Several subordinates are condensing, it seems that the master really cares about the Tang family and the third young master.

The embroiderer just looked at these subordinates and didn't explain much to them. People who achieve great things need to be autonomous, they don't need to explain so much to their subordinates, they just know what to do, how to do it. They don't need to have his wisdom as a superior being. People outside think that the Tang family relies on the queen mother, only the smart and wise people in the center can see through, the Tang family is the royal family and the country's dependence, they have no ambition, but for the family motto left by the ancestors to protect the safety of the people, silently for the court to do the cornerstone. Many of his subordinates are a little jealous of Tang Xinjie and the Tang Sect, so they often want to see them unlucky, but he knows very well in his heart that once he ascends to the throne, what he needs is a person like the Tang family who is for the people to guard the country and appease the people for him. As for his daughter liking Tang Xinjie, one of the reasons why he let her chase after him is also one of the reasons.

At the same time, Mrs. Tang in Xianyang Tangzhuang also received the messenger of the Queen Mother. Usually the two sisters exchanged letters, and sent messengers to tell them in person, that something had happened. It turned out that some time ago, because the queen's mother's maiden family, Kangning Houlan's family, and Tang Sangongzi's marriage failed, Mrs. Kangninghou entered the palace and sued Tang San's young master. Although Mrs. Kangninghou is only a stepmother, but after all, it is related to the face of the queen mother, and the queen mother just said a few words to the queen mother about this in the small cold banquet in the palace a few days ago, and was stopped by the queen mother. But some people had ulterior motives to say something in front of both parties, which made the Queen Mother more and more unwilling to see the Queen Mother, and felt that she was too considerate of her mother's family. And now it has been revealed that the queen's original foreign family, that is, the maiden family of the former Marquis Kangning, the Earl's Mansion of Zhongyi wants to marry the Tang family, and falls in love with Tang Xintian, the eldest son of the Tang family.

The queen felt that the queen mother did not give her face. In the autumn hunt, because the ninth son of the Tang family inadvertently saved the sixth lady of the Zhen family, Zhen Ming, Zhen Ming was originally ordered to the son of the family of Guokang Mansion. Although the Guokangbo Mansion has declined in recent years, but the family is pedantic to death, biting to death and saying that men and women can't stand it clearly, when Tang Xinye rescued Zhen Ming in the autumn hunt, he touched her hand when he pulled her out of the frightened horses, Zhen Ming lost her virginity, and Guokangbo Mansion wanted to withdraw from the marriage. While resenting the Kangbo Mansion of the Kingdom, the Zhen family and the queen once again set their minds to marry the Tang family. This time, the matter had not yet reached the queen mother, and the crown prince Yiyi stepped forward to stop the queen's further actions. At this time, someone ran to the queen and told the queen mother about Tang Xinjie's refusal to marry the Lan family some time ago and these things, which made the queen mother completely angry, and listened to the words of the people who felt that the queen mother was going to control everything, and didn't want to give her any chance to control the middle palace, and it was even easy to find a mistake to abolish her and Yiyi, and then support the people she could control to take the position. As a result, the queen convened the Lan family and the Zhen family many times to discuss countermeasures.

What kind of person is the Queen Mother Chen, just when the Queen Mother is sharpening her knives here, she has long understood that this is someone who wants to sow discord and make a profit. It's just that the daughter-in-law of her own family has soft ears and no concentration, and she is easily bewitched by villains. She probably guessed who was behind the trouble, so she specially sent someone to Kansai to see her sister, to use the power in her hands to cut off these signs, to prevent the queen and her family from doing radical things, and then both sides would be embarrassed to keep Yiyi and the Tang family. Of course, the key is to find out the black hands around you.