Wang Yan didn't ask the emperor, but he soon found out, because as soon as the reinforcements from Lingzhou arrived, the generals who led the troops on both sides found an opportunity to meet with the four princes and Wang Yan and ask when it was appropriate to seize power.

Now the four princes are stunned and seize power?

What power?

Wang Yan was in good spirits, and he didn't care about pretending to be sick, so he hurriedly got up and asked, "General Lu Xiao, Deputy General Li, I don't know what Lu Duhu and General Zhong ordered you?" ”

Vice General Li stood aside respectfully and looked at General Lu Xiao, and General Lu Xiao said, "The general asked us to listen to His Highness's orders." ”

Your Highness: "......"

The fourth prince looked back with a confused face, he didn't know anything.

The four of them looked at each other silently for a moment, and just when Wang Yan was thinking about whether to overstep his bounds, a guard came in from outside and said, "Your Highness, Your Majesty has a will." ”

It was the messenger who came, he ran all the way, and he could find the traces of the four princes in front, and in the back, not only the post station, but also the city did not have any news of him.

He thought he had missed it, so he stayed where he was for a long time, but there was still no news at all, so he could only walk to Gangneung tremblingly.

Before leaving Beijing, His Majesty personally ordered that this letter should be personally handed over to the four princes, and it must not fall into the hands of the second person.

When he arrived in Jiangling, if he couldn't see the four princes, he would rather destroy the letter than give it to others, especially not to Zhao Jie.

The messenger changed horses day and night, and rushed to Jiangling without stopping, and when he heard that the fourth prince had not arrived, he went back again, after all, this letter was important, how could he dare to destroy it easily.

He walked back along the official road for a day, and did not meet anyone, but finally heard some news, and returned, it turned out that he had only left Gangneung for less than half a day, and the four princes and they entered the city from the other side.

The messenger handed the letter to the fourth prince, and wanted to advise him that he should not take the trail if he had nothing to do in the future, the official road was flat and spacious, and it was for horses and carts to walk after repairing.

But he was timid, and he didn't dare to say it, so he silently withdrew after handing over the letter.

The four princes who received the letter were stunned, he turned around and pulled General Lu Xiao and Vice General Li into the main room, lowered his voice and asked Wang Yan, "Zhao Jie has a rebellious heart?" ”

General Lu Xiao and Vice General Li also looked at Wang Yan with blazing eyes, they were also puzzled about this matter, but it was not easy to ask.

Especially General Lu Xiao, because to some extent, Zhao Jie is also the Lu family's army.

The last stone in his heart fell to the ground, and Zhao Jie hurriedly told the matter from beginning to end, but skipped Lin Qingwan's letter, and only said that he found out that Zhao Jie had a secret relationship with Chu Jun, so he used the incident of rescuing Yao Shi to make a temptation.

Zhao Jie sighed and said: "Your Highness, even now, the minister can't come up with evidence to show that Zhao Jie is treasonous, everything is feelings and speculation, but this is a border pass, and he has the power of an army, so we are sloppy." ”

Vice General Li nodded again and again, and said with a calm face: "Your Highness, this matter would rather be wronged than let it go easily." General Zhao's military power can be ordered first, and then investigated, if so, the barracks can be avoided mutiny, if not,"

He stared at Wang Yan, "Then Lord Wang will apologize to General Zhao again." ”

General Lu Xiao sneered: "Framing a military general, the first accusation will be questioned." ”

He looked at Wang Yan with blazing eyes and said, "Lord Wang is familiar with the law, so you think you are ready?" ”

Wang Yan nodded, "If General Zhao is really wronged, everything is what I think about, then I am willing to subjugate the law." ”

It can be seen from his observation during this period of time that Lord Lin has not wronged Zhao Jie 100%.

However, based on a protective heart, Wang Yan still did not hand over Lin Qingwan's letter.

General Lu Xiao didn't speak again, although he didn't like Zhao Jie very much, but this kind of thing must not be repeated, otherwise the generals leading troops outside could easily be suspected of loyalty, and they would not fight in the future?

The three of them looked at the four princes in unison and asked, "How does Your Highness think this matter should be resolved?" ”

The fourth prince frowned, "The prince of Chu has arrived, and he has also brought a lot of soldiers and horses, if there is a change on our side......"

"That's better than Zhao Jie mutiny with the barracks," Wang Yan persuaded: "If you keep interrupting, you will suffer from it, Your Highness, this matter cannot be tolerated." ”

Vice General Li and General Lu Xiao also said: "Your Highness, Zhao Jie's situation is indeed not suitable for him to be in charge of the army anymore, and his loyalty is questioned the most. ”

"Don't use suspicious people, don't doubt people," Wang Yan said: "At this time, we don't believe him, how can we use him again?" When the court finds out what happened, if it is true that I have wronged him, then ask me about my guilt, use me to appease his anger, and then hand over the barracks to him. ”

The fourth prince clenched the letter in his hand and said, "Okay, then change generals." ”

He looked at Vice General Li and General Lu Xiao, "How are you going to change, who is the main and who is secondary?" ”

Vice General Li glanced at General Lu Xiao, bowed his head and said, "The soldiers in Zhao Jie's hands are all from Lingzhou, so naturally General Lu Xiao is the main one. ”

General Lu Xiao did not shirk, and the soldiers in Zhao Jie's hands were all part of the Lu family's army.

"How do you change that?" The fourth prince asked.

Although he has never led troops, he is not Wuxia Ameng, the army in Zhao Jie's hands is said to be the Lingzhou Army and the Lu Family Army, but in fact, he has led the troops for more than 20 years, although he did not become a general as soon as he came up.

But he has been a general of this army for more than ten years, and now most of the soldiers in the army are trained by him, saying that it is the Lu family army, but in fact, he has changed his surname to Zhao.

This is also one of the reasons why Lu Zhen has always been helpless.

Zhao Jie had a high degree of freedom in Lingzhou, and because of his experience in the past, Lu Zhen did not like him to contact other armies.

This army is very loyal to Zhao Jie, and it is definitely not okay to change generals rashly, and if they are provoked by others, there is also a risk of mutiny.

General Lu Xiao and Adjutant General Li discussed for a while, and finally said: "We are not familiar with the general flag, captain and deputy general in the army, and we need time." ”

It takes time to ensure that after Zhao Jie is taken, these lieutenants, captains and general banners will not mutini with the soldiers below.

As for the soldiers below the general flag, the two generals were not worried, as long as there was no one from above, the soldiers would not think of mutiny.

Wang Yan didn't have a better way, and nodded slightly to the four princes.

The fourth prince said to Wang Yan: "Then you have to grieve Lord Wang for some more time." ”

Wang Yan clutched his chest and fell on the bed and said, "Your Highness, don't worry, the lower official is sick, and you should be careful over there, don't let him see the clues." ”

"Okay." Although the four princes' hearts trembled, they finally stabilized.

Don't tremble, don't look at the two support armies now, but in fact, the total number of these two support armies is still not as large as Zhao Jie's army.

Not to mention the elite soldiers, it would be good for Zhong Ruying and Lu Zhenken to send reinforcements so quickly, where are they willing to fill in with their own elite soldiers?

Therefore, the reinforcements they brought were not up or down, although they were not old, weak, sick or disabled, but it was impossible to say that they were more elite, but they were not recruits.

Wang Yan continued to pretend to be sick in the Assassin's Mansion, and at the same time began to recruit Bei Jia and Changsi to appease the people, and slowly assisted Vice General Li and General Lu Xiao from the side.

And General Lu Xiao began to slowly contact the generals under Zhao Jie, and the four princes pulled Zhao Jie to hurry up with the matter of peace talks again, so as not to let him be idle to notice the affairs of the army.

Zhao Jie didn't doubt it.

After all, the two major officials in Jiangling, except for Wang Yan, is him, Wang Yan is lying on the bed, so he can talk about this with the four princes.

As for Lu Shilang of the Ministry of Rites, he subconsciously ignored it.

Another important reason why Zhao Jie let down his vigilance so quickly is because of Shang Mingjie.

Zhao Jie pulled the nephew to speak at the first time, and focused on the letter they received from the capital.

Shang Mingjie is not stupid, but this is really not a secret, at that time, everyone heard the inspection and read the emperor's will, and the fourth prince did not give a gag order, so he told Zhao Jie after thinking about it.

Hearing that the emperor was afraid that Liang Chu would start a war so he urgently sent the four princes over, Zhao Jie was completely relieved, and began to follow the four princes to the Chu State from time to time with peace of mind.

If he can turn the conflict into a jade silk, he will also be regarded as a meritorious service.

Of course, not only the four princes ran to the Chu State, but the Chu prince also went out of the city to visit the Liang State to show their closeness and sincerity to each other.

Not only does Da Liang not want to fight, but Da Chu doesn't want to fight either.

The Gangneung that was just laid down has not yet been digested, and it will take two years to fight.

The atmosphere in Jiangling gradually eased, but in Suzhou, thousands of miles away, the situation had just become tense.

Lin Qingwan received a letter from the capital, and Shang Ping began to borrow money from Qian Zhuang again, this time also cooperating with the Zhao family.

Yi Han said: "It's strange, they usually do transactions in autumn, but this year they started at the beginning of spring. ”

"What did Shang Ping buy?"

Yi Han opened another list, his eyes widened slightly, and he quickly stepped forward to hand it to Lin Qingwan, and said in surprise: "There is grain and iron!" ”

Lin Qingwan's pupils shrank, and she tightened her belief and said, "The evidence we have collected is not heavy enough, but if we add this ......"

"The Zhao family will definitely die." Yi Han said: "This iron and grain are forbidden things, why is Zhao Jie so bold?" ”

Lin Qingwan also felt that Zhao Jie was very bold, and the timing was also very strange, why did he make a deal at this time?

Whatever the reason, this is an opportunity for them.

Lin Qingwan said: "Keep an eye on them, don't interfere for the time being, and wait until the things reach the border." ”

"Can the situation over there in Gangneung wait?"

"Don't worry, I'm afraid that they are more secure than us, Zhao Jie has the military power in his hands, Wang Yan and they will not act rashly," Lin Qingwan said: "Not to mention that after taking down people, they will have to investigate." ”

She sneered, "All we have to do is deliver the evidence to them when they need it." ”

Yi Han nodded, hesitated and asked, "That Shang family ......"

Lin Qingwan lowered her eyes, "It depends on how far Shang Ping has blended." ”

In the past, he handled porcelain, tea and silk, which were not forbidden to be exported, even if they were caught, that is, smuggling, at most they would be dismissed from their posts, and in serious cases, they would be exiled for several years.

But this time it actually involved grain and iron, both of which are strictly forbidden to be exported, even if Emperor Liang is benevolent, it will be difficult for Shang Ping to save his life this time, and it will even implicate the family.

Yi Han said: "After all, it is the eldest lady's foreign family, do you want to ask the eldest lady what she means?" ”

Lin Qingwan shook her head directly, "The law is the law, the country is the country, I don't want her to use her power for personal gain, let alone embarrass her, I don't need to tell her about this." ”

Yi Han didn't mention it anymore.

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