"What! Is this message reliable? The Pei family is so bold, are they going to commit treason! ”

Cui Guangyuan, who was sitting on the side, couldn't help but slap the table as soon as he heard Duan Zhengming's words.

"Calm down, don't be impatient."

The third prince, Situ Junfeng, raised his hand and pressed Cui Guangyuan's arm to tell him not to get excited. Although Duan Zhengming's news was shocking, there was no fluctuation on his face.

"Third Highness, have you also heard about this matter?"

Seeing the calm face of the third prince, Duan Zhengming immediately understood, and the third prince must have heard the news.

"It is true that the prince received a secret report before leaving Beijing, but whether the matter is true or not still needs to be investigated. This time, I just want to investigate these two things together. It's good that you know about my arrival, don't spread it, especially not let the Pei family know my identity. ”

Nodding at the two of them, Situ Junfeng said his plan.

"You want to secretly investigate these two things, but the manpower you brought is too small, or Weichen secretly sends a message to His Royal Highness the Prince, and asks His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to send some people to protect your safety with the Third Highness."

The third prince Situ Junfeng and the crown prince Situ Junjiang were both born by the former queen, and they were biological brothers, and their relationship has been good since childhood. After the death of the first queen, although the emperor did not establish a queen again, he was very fond of Concubine Xiao, and even the status of the second prince Situ Junhao also rose, and the status of the prince in recent years has also been a little precarious.

The ministers of the DPRK and China were secretly divided into factions, and there were not a few people who supported the second prince Situ Junhao, so there were countless eyes staring at the prince's movements, so that Situ Junjiang couldn't let go of his hands and feet to do many things.

"No need, if there are too many people coming, it will be easy to be discovered, and recently, Concubine Xiao has been looking for trouble with the prince, so don't make a big move so as not to be caught. The people I brought with me are all good in the army, and there will be no danger. ”

understands Duan Zhengming's good intentions, but now that the situation is unstable, he really can't send too many people over, and he can't conduct an investigation too high-profile, everything can only be done in secret.

"The minister understands, Your Highness, why don't you stay for a while longer and secretly cooperate with Your Highness's investigation?"

Nodding to show understanding, Cui Guangyuan calmed down, and at the same time proposed to stay in Qingyun County for more time to help Situ Junfeng.

"No, you have already said that you are leaving, and you suddenly regret that you want to stay, which will make the suspicious Pei Guangqing suspicious. Besides, you are in the open, Pei Guangqing and Pei Guangyuan are guarding against you everywhere, and you can't find anything useful.

I understand your kindness, but you still have to go to other state capitals to inspect, so don't waste time here, don't you worry about my ability. ”

Situ Junfeng smiled at Cui Guangyuan, raised his hand and brought himself a cup of hot tea, and a gleam flashed in his eyes.

"I'll get to the bottom of things anyway."

Situ Junfeng didn't say it, in fact, in his heart, he always suspected that the secret master of the Pei family was the second prince Situ Junhao.

"Yes, don't worry, there's me over here. I am an old landlord who resigned and returned to his hometown, and the Pei family has almost tempted me in the past two years, and I have gradually relaxed my vigilance, and I have more places to do than you. ”

Duan Zhengming also smiled at Cui Guangyuan, raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder.

In fact, Duan Zhengming's resignation and return to his hometown was due to his growing age, and secondly, because there was a problem in Yunzhou Mansion, he was entrusted by the prince to come back to investigate secretly. Otherwise, even if he resigns, wouldn't it be better to stay in Beijing and enjoy happiness.

"Well, in short, Your Highness is careful. This Yunzhou Mansion is indeed very chaotic, especially bandits, I heard that there is a group of bandits on this Luoyun Mountain, which is very difficult to deal with, and has been rampant in Yunzhou Mansion for several years. ”

Knowing that he couldn't help if he stayed, it might also arouse Pei Guangqing's suspicions, Cui Guangyuan no longer dwelled on this issue, and instead talked about the chaos in Yunzhou Mansion.

"Speaking of this Luoyun Village, the minister has heard that it seems to be related to the robbery of the official bank ten years ago."

In the past two years in Yunzhou Mansion, Duan Zhengping also secretly inquired about some news. Although the important news has been hidden by the Pei family, there are still traces left.

"I have also heard about the matter of Luoyun Village, but I put it aside in advance, and in the near future, it is mainly to investigate the movements of Dayu Country and whether the Pei family is secretly colluding with Dayu Country."

Time is tight and there are few people, and Situ Junfeng doesn't have the energy to investigate superfluous things.

"Yes, Wechen understands."

Duan Zhengping and Cui Guangyuan all whispered and began to discuss with Situ Junfeng how to conduct the investigation next.

Their meeting was secretive and did not attract the attention of others.

Pei Guangyuan, who was waiting for Cui Guangyuan to open the mine after leaving, did not find anything abnormal, and at this time he was still secretly sending people to the mine in Xiajiang County, most of them were some displaced people and beggars who were caught by Pei Guangyuan's men and sent to the mine to work.

"Big brother, that obstructive Cui Guangyuan is finally leaving, I will dig out the iron ore as soon as possible."

Pei Guangyuan, who came to the Yunzhou Mansion, sat in his brother Pei Guangqing's study, lifted his legs to the desk, and looked at Pei Guangqing with a smug expression.

"I've done a good job this time, look at me making Pei Guangyuan dizzy every day, for so many days, he hasn't found anything."

"Okay, don't you just take him to eat, go shopping, and visit the Qinglou every day, I don't care how you take him to play, in short, you have to take care of him, and I can't let him discover our secrets."

slapped Pei Guangyuan's leg off the desk, and Pei Guangqingsu warned with a face.

"I know, I've been sending people to keep an eye on him, isn't this that he is going to leave the day after tomorrow, and he has been visiting friends everywhere for the past two days."

There are also many officials and scholars in Yunzhou Mansion who have returned to their hometowns, so it is not abrupt for Cui Guangyuan to visit friends everywhere.

"You're keeping an eye on me, but don't make any more mistakes at the end. By the way, the matter in the mine is more urgent, you should hurry up this matter, and don't go around causing trouble for me for the time being. ”

I really don't feel at ease with my unreliable younger brother, Pei Guangqing kept admonishing.

"I know, I know, brother, you're just too careful. In this Yunzhou Mansion, there are still things that are not under our control. ”

Seeing Pei Guangqing staring at him, Pei Guangqing hurriedly waved his hand.

"I understand, you can rest assured, I won't go to Luoyun Village for trouble in the near future, and I will definitely concentrate on dealing with the iron ore matter."

"It's good that you understand, the master needs ore, and this batch of ore is very important. Now that Luoyunzhai is quite honest, you don't want to provoke them, lest they come down and make trouble again. If we ruin the master's affairs, you and I will have to suffer. ”

Seeing that Pei Guangyuan was quite obedient, Pei Guangqing's face eased.

"But we can't relax the monitoring of Luoyun Village, in short, we must let things be under our control."