Chapter 35: Northwest
The third prince looked at Wang Ziteng's flying pigeon and passed the book, and his face was gloomy and could condense water. The grandfather of the third prince, Wang Xianrong, the right minister, looked at the third prince, and understood in his heart that things were not going well on Wang Ziteng's side, and even a little bad.
"Your Highness, what did Prince Teng say in the letter?"
"Take a look!" The third prince handed the letter in his hand to Wang Xianrong.
"It's so lawless! They actually dared to sell smuggled horses. If this matter is known to the emperor, the position of Liao Dashan's northwest general army will definitely not be kept. Such a good thing, why is His Highness still so angry? ”
The third prince took back the letter, put it on the candle and lit it, threw it into a potted plant on the side, and turned around to look at Wang Xianrong again.
"My grandfather didn't know that after the opening of the Northwest Horse Market the year before the big one, my father handed over the matter to Wang Ziteng, and Wang Ziteng benefited a lot from it. Their royal family built a caravan of their own to sell horses from the northwest to this side. This was originally nothing, and the father acquiesced in the face of the late General Wang. But the bad thing is that over the years, Wang Ziteng's annual tax payment to the imperial court is only 30% of the original, and the rest of the big money has come to me. I don't know what went wrong, Liao Dashan, a reckless man, actually has evidence in his hand that the prince is trading money with me! ”
"Shhh How could it be so careless! Wang Xianrong gasped and said in shock.
"I don't know what went wrong! We have always been very careful, and the silver brought from the northwest is transported directly to the other village outside my city. There is a secret room there, and a hidden weapon is installed, and idlers can't get in. But that Liao Dashan has been in the northwest for many years, and he can actually tell me exactly the location of the village, the location of the secret room, how to crack the mechanism and other matters! Speaking of this, the third prince slammed his fist on the desk.
"How could Liao Dashan know all about this, could it be that he has a master around him to help him?"
"I've already asked people to investigate, and I must find out about this matter, otherwise there will be endless trouble!"
"In this way, it is unlikely that we want to receive the forces in the Northwest Army."
"Yes, I really want to kill Liao Dashan directly!"
"No, Liao Dashan is the Dinghai Divine Needle in the Northwest Army, once something happens to him, the emperor will definitely investigate it to the end! It is to kill him, but also to find an opportunity, it is best to let him die in battle, and His Royal Highness must not rush for quick success. ”
"I see! Grandfather, how is the layout of our side in the DPRK and China now? ”
"The crown prince is now in a stable position, and he is very smart to choose to do things in a low-key manner, and last year he had the eldest grandson of the emperor, and the emperor is very satisfied with him, and many officials in the court are still optimistic about the prince."
"Isn't there a chance to be found?"
"Of course there are, there are not a few people who want to learn from the dragon's merits, but now His Royal Highness has not made achievements in political affairs, and he has not made a name for himself in the court, and many people are waiting."
The third prince bowed his head and was silent, after all, he was still a seventeen-year-old boy, and he still looked immature and immature in the end. Wang Xianrong saw it in his eyes and shook his head in his heart, his grandson, his heart is bigger than the sky, but his qualifications are limited, his talents are not obvious, and he is arrogant and narrow-minded to let the imperial concubine support, and the men who are really longer than the hands of women are not generous enough. , if he is as calm and intelligent as the prince, why worry about big things. Although he thought so in his heart, Wang Xianrong also knew that their Wang family was an ironclad party of the Three Princes, and they had to plan for this grandson no matter what, after all, it was a matter of both glory and loss.
Not to mention how the third prince and his good grandfather planned big things, the prince Teng in the northwest was seriously ill. Half of his illness was distressed by the return of five million taels of silver owed to the state treasury, and half of it was angered by Liao Dashan.
It is said that he just arrived in the northwest, and he happily sent Jia Daishan's letter to Liao Dashan's general military mansion, and wanted to get close to Liao Dashan to facilitate the business of the northwest horse market in the future. Although he is in charge of the horse market, after all, the horse market is on Liao Dashan's territory, and he still needs his military support.
I didn't expect Liao Dashan to say it nicely, when he asked Liao Dashan to send troops to exterminate the horse thieves, Liao Dashan actually said that this matter was not in his hands, and his soldiers only dealt with foreign enemies!
When Wang Ziteng finally caught Liao Dashan selling illegal horses, he wanted to use this matter to force Liao Dashan to send troops, but the next day, Liao Dashan sent him a letter, telling him clearly about the money exchange between himself and the three princes, and there was no mistake in even the route of transporting silver. The prince tore the letter to shreds angrily, thinking that Liao Dashan had such great ability, he was extremely frightened after thinking about it, and under the multiple blows, Wang Ziteng fell ill.
After sending a letter to the third prince, the third prince asked him to find out the source of Liao Dashan's information. Wang Ziteng sent a lot of people to find out that the news that Liao Dashan got was hidden in the capital.
So he sent another letter to the three princes and asked the three princes to check in the capital.
Wang Ziteng's illness dragged on for nearly a month, it is said that he should have returned to Beijing a long time ago, he came this time only to send grain and grass, and if it dragged on for a long time, the emperor would be suspicious. He originally wanted to stay in the northwest under the pretext of recuperation, so that he could investigate Liao Dashan, but when his illness was cured, he still did not find any useful information.
Wang Ziteng had to reluctantly leave the northwest and return to the capital. His trip to the northwest really took advantage of the excitement and returned disappointed, and he stole chickens and rice.
In the Lin Mansion, in Lin Ruhai's study, after Lin Ruhai listened to the Shadow Report, he sneered, "Wang Ziteng is back this time, the third prince will definitely not reuse him again!" ”
"Yes. However, master, Dark Fifteen also found that a third-party force had contact with General Liao in the northwest this time, but he didn't find out who it was. ”
"How did Dark Fifteen find out?"
"It is said that someone put an ebony box in General Liao's study, but no trace was found."
"That's the General Army's Mansion, will General Liao be defenseless? can come and go freely in and out of the general soldier's mansion, which shows that this person's kung fu is not under Qilan. How many people in this world can compete with the number one assassin in the world? ”
"Does the master suspect that the person is the man in black who sent the letter to the Wang family, and is a subordinate of the mysterious person?"
"Eight or nine is not far from ten. You have been training with Qilan for a few months, how effective have you been? ”
"Back to the master, Qi Lan is indeed very set, after his training, the kung fu of his subordinates has improved a lot, and even the twin sisters are a lot more powerful than before. Qi Lan also taught us some experience in fighting the enemy, and also taught us a lot of hidden killing methods. In short, I learned a lot of skills from Qilan. ”
"Then practice hard and turn back ......" Before Lin Ruhai's words were finished, Qilan broke into the study.
"Dark One and Dark Five have to practice a hundred more times to catch flying needles!" Qi Lan said to the two secret guards who had failed to stop him from entering the study.
"You're too strict, it's good to be able to train to find your tracks in such a short time." Lin Ruhai Road.
"Let me ask you, do you want the secret guards in your hands, and even those newcomers you are cultivating, to be as powerful as me?"
Lin Ruhai looked at Qilan meaningfully, not guessing what he meant, "What do you think?" Say! ”
"I see that you train the Secret Guard, and it costs a lot of money to train new people. I have a way to do it without spending money. You can also earn money! ”
"But I'm not short of silver!" Lin Ruhai had already guessed Qilan's purpose, but he didn't want to earn this kind of bloody silver.
"I know you don't think that kind of money is clean, but I'm not just asking them to kill people. It is to form a Jianghu organization. is not only an assassination, espionage, but also a news network, even if someone finds out something, it will not implicate you and Jia Min, but will only know that it is a killer organization, which comes and goes without a trace. ”
"Let me think about it," Lin Ruhai said. Qi Lan glanced at him and said, "I'll come back tomorrow." ”
After Qi Lan left, Lin Ruhai asked the shadow what he thought, and the shadow said: "The subordinates think it is feasible, and the subordinates think that the reason why those dead soldiers are better than us is because they are experienced, and all the moves are fatal, and we really need training in this area." Moreover, as Qilan said, with this killer organization as a cover, we will have fewer scruples, and we will get twice the result with half the effort. ”
"What Qilan said made me feel moved, that is, the news network, which is very important and rare." Lin Ruhai pondered for a moment, and said: "It's just that I'm afraid that my brothers will kill their eyes and change their hearts." ”
"We can take care of the heinous."
"I'll think about it again, you go first!"
Lin Ruhai thought about it again and again, and finally agreed to a killer organization called Qilan Fang. However, not all the dark guards joined, but selected people with good kung fu and firm hearts from the dark guards, and then selected people who were also firm in heart from among the newcomers who were trained. These people became the first killers in the Wish Workshop. The leader of the Dayuan Workshop in Qilan City.