Chapter 5: Fallen Angel Five
In order not to let too many people pay attention to himself and "Yun Xiangsheng", Zhan Xiaoxiao deliberately put this letter in another Jin Shang cloth pocket. Sure enough, the Jin merchant guy who came to pick up the letter was a half-sized man, obviously not a cultural person. Without looking, he took all the letters from the cloth pocket that belonged to his own business. Because the city is not big, it was not long before the fellow came back with a letter touching his head. Zhan Xiaoxiao, who was watching from a distance, immediately recognized the letter as the one he had put in. The guy seems to have been criticized by the shopkeeper of his own house, and he is a little unhappy. However, out of the politeness of the Jin Shang guys, he didn't dare to be angry with anyone, and he didn't dare to blame the people in the club. He gave the letter to the clubhouse guy who sent and received the letter, saying that it was not from their firm. The guy at the clubhouse looked at it and made sure that it wasn't a letter to the firm, so he put the letter aside. I was going to wait a while, but the guy at the firm didn't agree, saying that the letter had been returned from his own deal, and that they would have to pay attention to the matter before it was delivered to the recipient. This is a rule within the Jin merchants, and the young man does not dare to disobey it.
The guys at the club had no choice but to put down what they were doing and deal with this matter. However, the letter only had the name of the recipient, Lucian, and did not indicate which business owner or associate Lucian was. How does this make the staff of the clubhouse send letters? Which firm will you send to? Although there are not many Jin merchants here, there are more than ten or twenty of them, each of which has two or three shopkeepers, and each merchant has more than a dozen guys, and it is impossible for everyone in the club to know each guy. Therefore, the people of the club who sent and received the letters did not know what to do, so they had to ask the people of the club to inquire about Lucian separately.
This is the time for Zhan Xiaoxiao to appear, otherwise I don't know when this letter will reach Geer's good hands. In order to save time and smoothly deliver it to Gehlhao, Zhan Xiaoxiao had to go out. Zhan Xiaoxiao, who disguised himself as a thin middle-aged man, pretended to come out from the side. It just so happened that a guy from the club came to inquire who knew Lu Xian, and Zhan Xiao pretended to be contemplative, saying that he didn't know a guy named Lu Xi'an, but I heard that there was a master named Lu Zian in the yamen here. The people in the club determined the direction, and while asking if the people in the yamen had a master named Lu Xi'an, they checked the Jin merchant names on it. In less than half a day, the people in the club finally determined that there was only one person named Lu Xi'an here, and he was Lu Xi'an, the criminal master of the Yamen. The letter was personally delivered to the yamen by a fellow from a clubhouse and handed over to Master Lucian by hand. It all seemed to be going well, making it impossible to find a flaw, and at the same time letting many people know the source of the letter.
Zhan Xiaoxiao and Qiu Xiaoqiu, who were secretly watching, still happened, and Lu Xian ignored it after reading the letter. Not only did he not leave the yamen immediately, but he also continued to work as usual, without being affected at all. Qiu Xiaoqiu came back to report to Qin Tai, and Qin Tai was also surprised by Lu Xi'an's good attitude. However, Qin Tai did not give up, as long as this Lu Xian had a ghost in his heart, sooner or later he would reveal his flaws. As long as everyone waits patiently in secret, this cunning fox will definitely show its original form.
It was at this time that Meng Chong arrived, which made Qin Tai have to change his plan. Qin Tai was actually even more surprised by Meng Chong's appearance. When Zhang Juzheng sent him out of Beijing, he had reminded Qin Tai that Gao Gong and Meng Chong might not let Qin Tai go, so Zhang Juzheng had to temporarily send Qin Tai's family out of the capital. Now that Meng Chong has not only found it, but his attitude has changed drastically, it seems that things have changed dramatically. This kind of change is unlikely to involve Qin Tai, but now that Qin Tai has been involved, it seems that this matter is not an internal emergency, but is under external pressure. Let Qin Tai deal with this matter, which represents three signals. First, these bigwigs are not good or can't handle this matter publicly. Second, this matter involves the core interests of the big guy, and Meng Chong will come to ask for help from all over the place. Third, this matter may involve the vital interests of many people, so that no one in many parties believes anyone. In order to deal with this matter fairly and quickly, everyone asked Qin Tai, a neutral person, to come out. Although Qin Tai has a delicate relationship with people from all sides, people from all sides have to admit that Qin Tai is a very fair person.
Meng Chong didn't talk nonsense with Qin Tai because he believed that Qin Tai already knew the seriousness of the matter. He handed over a large stack of letters to Qin Tai, and then left the room with Qiu Xiaoqiu very cooperatively. Meng Chong didn't dare to leave Qin Tai's room too far, so he had to sit in the open space outside Qin Tai's room with his cronies. On the one hand, only Qiu Xiaoqiu was busy greeting them, and neither Meng Chong nor his people dared to call Qiu Xiaoqiu as a partner. Qin Tai and Zhan Xiaoxiao read the letter in the room, and the two of them opened the letter separately, and then explained to each other the content of the letter they had read.
These letters come from the bigwigs of various forces, and if they are seen by others, they will definitely be frightened. These letters were all addressed to Qin Tai, but the people who wrote the letters were all famous and bigwigs. There is Gao Gong, the first assistant of the cabinet, Feng Bao, the governor of Dongchang, Zhang Juzheng, the second assistant of the cabinet, who actually controls the cabinet, the little emperor Wanli Emperor, and the Empress Dowager Li, who actually presides over the overall situation. They were all very polite to Qin Tai, and there was a bit of a desire to please Qin Tai and his wife between the lines. Empress Dowager Li wrote a letter to Qin Tai's wife, Zhan Xiaoxiao, but she knew that the letter would eventually reach Qin Tai's hands. It's just that the most noble woman in the world can't write a private letter directly to a foreign minister, so Empress Dowager Li pretended to show concern and show favor to Qin Tai. In contrast, Gao Gong's letter from the head of the cabinet was a little embarrassing, and Gao Gong couldn't immediately show favor to the person he hated. However, in his letter, it was also hinted that he wanted to reconcile with Qin Tai. For a proud head of a hundred officials, this is already the maximum show of goodwill. This made Qin Tai let go of his personal grudge against Gao Gong for the first time, and if this letter, which was almost an apology letter, was seen by outsiders, most people would think that this letter was fake.
Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao's letter was relatively bland, and Feng Bao mainly asked Qin Taizhan if the child in his small belly was safe. Feng Bao is the godfather of this child, and this child, whether male or female, will be Feng Bao's family heir in the future. Of course, this Feng Bao cares about this child very much, and even cares about this child more than Qin Tai and his wife. Feng Bao knew that as long as Qin Tai saw his letter, Qin Tai would understand the meaning, and there was no need to say anything else. Zhang Juzheng's letter is the most weighty, the longest and most important of all letters.
Zhang Juzheng's letter is mainly divided into three parts, the first of which is attached to the information that Zhang Juzheng received at the beginning. As long as this information is seen by Qin Tai, Qin Tai will understand the seriousness of this matter, and there is no need for Zhang Juzheng to explain anything. Second, Zhang Juzheng told Qin Tai the summary of the meeting about this matter. The purpose is to tell Qin Tai that everyone has a unified opinion on this matter, and all parties have put aside their prejudices and joined forces. The third is the handling of this matter. They collectively entrusted Meng Chong and Qin Tai to operate the light and dark representatives outside, and they made all preparations in the capital. Strive to find the opponent's Achilles' heel while delaying the opponent's actions. At that time, Qin Tai could publicize the other party's crimes as the minister of the Qin Mission, and let the world know about the other party's sinister behavior. As the highest representative of the imperial family, Meng Chong mobilized the army of the imperial court to suppress the opposing forces with righteousness and completely controlled the opposing party. Zhang Juzheng, Feng Bao and others secretly knocked out each other's minions and eyes and ears in the capital, so that the other party did not know the movements of the imperial court and did not dare to act easily. The use of force is the final decision, and it is also the last move, Zhang Juzheng and others do not want to use force for the sake of the overall situation. However, the behavior of the other party has to be taken seriously, and it cannot be tolerated. Therefore, Zhang Juzheng and others hoped that Qin Tai would find the evidence of the other party's guilt as soon as possible, and force them to give up resistance and confess their guilt, so that a war could be avoided. For Qin Tai, this is the unanimous opinion of everyone, and it is the final decision given to him. Qin Tai has no way out, and the court and the bigwigs will not give Qin Tai any other way to live. Qin Tai only has a chance to survive if he completes this task, otherwise Meng Chong on the side will dispose of Qin Tai and Qin Tai's family as soon as possible. Meng Chong's first mission was to pacify the vassal kings in various places on behalf of the royal family, the second mission was to assist Qin Tai in solving the case, and the third mission was to monitor Qin Tai nearby on behalf of Empress Dowager Li and others. As long as Qin Tai fails to complete the task or tries to escape, Meng Chong will issue a decision on the disposal of Qin Tai's family, and at that time, even if Qin Tai's family is not in the hands of Meng Chong, they will die for the rest of their lives. If the other party's people come to power, they will not let go of Qin Tai's family.