The good news came one after another.

First of all, the imperial army finally arrived, and started a big battle with King Zheng's rebels on the southern line of the Jinjiang River, which was like a bamboo, but in three days, half of the lost territory of Jinnan Prefecture had been recovered.

At the same time, a team sent by the Kangnan garrison to search for Shen Tugang's traces around Kangcheng sent back the good news that they had discovered the route that Shen Tugang had escaped with Zhu Jiayi that day. It was a pass in a hill near a small village southeast of Lohas Park, and the entrance was so hidden that almost no one knew about it except the locals. On the other side of the mountain pass, there is a small river, which is a tributary of the Dongjiang River. It was the first month of the year, and the river was covered with a thin layer of ice, making it impossible for boats to sail, but if you walked straight along the river, you could escape the eyes and ears of the army and leave the boundary of Cannes in half a day.

Cheng Jinxia, who came after receiving the news, led a group of soldiers to find more than a dozen corpses of villagers buried only with hay and dead branches in the mountains and forests behind the village. Soon after, the ear of the jade pendant suspected to be worn by Zhu Jiayi on the day of her disappearance, as well as a beaded flower of Zhu Xiuyun, were also found on the mud floor on the riverbank, further proving that the three of them had indeed passed by here that day.

Cheng Jinxia had a bad premonition, and he walked along the riverbank to the east, confirming that the path could indeed make people leave Cannes unnoticed, and then turned back and walked along the riverbank to the west, tracing its source. He had been stationed in Kangnan for many years, and he had long been familiar with the terrain around Kangcheng, but he had no idea that such a place existed. It made him feel very bad. Fortunately, this time it was discovered in time, and it was only used by a traitor as a way to escape, and it did not cause too serious consequences. In the event of a civil unrest in the vicinity of Cannes as in Pingyang the year before, he would have to bear the guilt of dereliction of duty by taking advantage of this hidden place to cause trouble.

Before he could find the source of the river, Liu Dongxing had already received the news and rushed over: "How is it?" Can you find out where the upper reaches of the river lead? ”

Cheng Jinxia was a little depressed, and she was more vigilant in her heart: "I haven't found it yet." This is a dereliction of duty on the part of the general. The last general has been stationed in Kangnan for many years, but he has no idea about this path. ”

Liu Dongxing waved his hand: "Even the natives of Cannes may not know that there is this path, so what's strange about you not knowing?" We are the imperial army stationed in the local area, and we are not small officials who measure the land, even in the peaceful years, we have to be busy training troops, where is the time to go through all the remote corners of the jurisdiction? The most important thing at the moment is to find out where this path leads, and to avoid being exploited by the rebels. ”

Cheng Jinxia's spirit was suddenly shocked: "The last general is willing to take people to garrison here" He has a feeling that if he stays here, he may be able to catch a big fish.

Liu Dongxing just smiled slightly: "Kill chickens with a knife? Brother Cheng, I still have a lot of important things to rely on you, so I'll leave it to others to guard here. ”

In the end, this task fell to one of the military attaches who had a drink last time. The military attaché's rank was only two levels lower than Cheng Jinxia, and he guessed that Liu Dongxing intended to promote him, and he didn't mind guarding the ravine in the Great New Year's month, and patted his chest with a bang, saying that he would definitely keep this mountain pass impassable, and even flies would not fly over.

Liu Dongxing smiled again and handed over the guard of Kangcheng to Cheng Jinxia. Although the latter felt that it was impossible for King Zheng to lead troops to attack Kangcheng, it was not good to disobey the will of the Shangguan, so he had to reluctantly respond. Liu Dongxing asked him to bring the most elite 3,000 elite soldiers in the Kangcheng garrison to defend the city, and he did not say anything against it.

In his heart, I am afraid that he has already begun to slander Liu Dongxing for abusing his power and squeezing out the virtuous.

Wen Yi didn't know anything about the contradictions in the personnel inside the garrison, and she had been busy paying attention to the movements of the group of people in King Kang's Mansion for several days, and she had already worked hard. Fortunately, although those old servants of the palace have bad character and ambition, none of them are not afraid of death, and although they are not very loyal to the master of King Kang's mansion, they do not even have the slightest affection for King Zheng and Zhu Jiayi, who turned their backs on them. As a result of their actions, not only did there begin to run out of food in Qingzhou, but there was also a shortage of medicinal herbs, salt, ironware, cotton, cloth, boats, coal, vegetables, and meat. It is said that King Zheng's army has begun to reduce its food, and can only eat one dry food a day, and eat gruel at night, and it is weak to fight. The rebels are losing ground on the battlefield, and I don't know if it has something to do with it.

The small actions of Kangcheng seem to have brought inspiration to others, and Guihai and Rong'an have also begun to ban all supplies from entering Qingzhou and southern Jinnan. As for the merchants in Qingzhou, for some reason, they actually stopped buying and selling one after another, and the people from Zheng Wangfu came to the door to ask, and those merchants shouted that there was no supply of goods, so how could they do business? A search of the treasury turned out to be empty. The merchants claimed that because King Zheng ordered them to offer grain, grass and money, they had nothing left, and because of the war, goods from all over the country could not enter the country.

Although King Zheng was angry in his heart, he was helpless in the face of the empty warehouses. Some of his subordinates were suspicious, and just a few days ago, they clearly heard that a certain merchant still had a large amount of grain and cotton in his hand, and he was ready to sell it at a high price after the year, so why did he suddenly say that it was out of stock? But Zheng Wangzheng was upset by the battle report sent back from the front, and he didn't think much about it.

This change in Qingzhou naturally has a credit to the old servants of King Kang's Mansion, but they don't have that much ability to control so many businessmen to act in front of the people of King Zheng's Mansion. However, when they reported the news to the General Administration, Liu Dongxing and Hu Jinquan saw traces of Luo Mingmin in it.

The Luo family originally had a branch in Qingzhou, but it was a famous local family, and they were involved in business from all walks of life and had a wide range of contacts. Don't look at his family's inconspicuous days on weekdays, once he encounters a major event, the Qingzhou business community really can't ignore the meaning of his family. If anyone can make the Qingzhou business community obey the order and oppose King Zheng, except for the Luo family, he can basically not think about it.

However, the Luo family has the rules of the Luo family. For the sake of safety, the business of the Luo family and the business of the general administration department are independent, from personnel to money, and not every family member knows that he is doing things for the imperial court. The secretary of the general administration department from the Luo family can use the cover of the family industry to carry out the task, but he must not openly expose the family property to the eyes of the enemy, and he cannot even play the name of the children of the Luo family in the process of performing the task.

Under such a premise, apart from Luo Mingmin, who else can say that all the shops in Qingzhou should stop providing supplies to King Zheng?

With Luo Mingmin's news, it means that he is currently safe and sound. Liu Dongxing and Hu Jin were all overjoyed by this. It's a pity that the current situation is not clear, and they don't dare to rashly send people to contact Luo Mingmin and others, so they can only send more people to sneak into Qingzhou and wait for the opportunity.

After Liu Dongxing returned home, he told Wen Yi the good news. Wen Yi was also overjoyed and let go of her worries: "I knew that a shrewd person like Brother Luo would never let King Zheng take it easily."

Liu Dongxing said with a smile: "Not only that, but I just received the latest battle report from the Jinjiang side today, and the southern part of Jinnan Prefecture has returned to the hands of the imperial army, and the reason why the army can fight so smoothly is because the Jinnan Zhizhou who escaped earlier personally gave them a guide and outflanked the rear of King Zheng's rebel camp from the small road, and caught the rebels by surprise." Jiang Zhizhou escaped with his family, so it can be seen that Miss Jiang is also safe. ”

Wen Yi was so happy that she couldn't help but chant Buddha, and said with a smile: "So, the sister and daughter of the Jiang family not only escaped safely, but also made great contributions?" ”

Liu Dongxing smiled and nodded: "This Weng and son-in-law are really cooperative, one leads the way for the imperial army, and the other is making trouble in the rear of the rebels." In the future, it may become a good story to talk about meritorious deeds. ”

Wen Yi was a little worried: "Brother Luo is a person from the General Administration, will he ......?"

Liu Dongxing disagreed: "The General Administration Department is not a place where it blindly keeps secrets and does things without mercy. Brother Luo has made such a great contribution, he is young, his background is good, and he is engaged to the daughter of the official eunuch, maybe after this matter is over, he will be able to officially turn into a Ming person and be a serious official. When the time comes, where will there be so many concerns? ”

Wen Yi breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "This time the Xianggong has also made a great contribution, if you two brothers can get the promotion reward at the same time, wouldn't it be a good story?" ”

Liu Dongxing paused and smiled, but there was a faint bitterness in his mouth.

Wen Yi sensitively sensed something was wrong: "What's wrong?" But what's wrong? ”

Liu Dongxing sighed: "Taiwei Zheng is really ......"

He didn't continue, Wen Yi couldn't help but ask, "What did he do again?" Could it be that he colluded with King Zheng and deliberately opened the net? This is impossible, isn't there always news of victory? ”

"It would be easy if he only favored King Zheng." Liu Dongxing sighed, "He has won a few battles, although he has the courage of the soldiers, but what we did before, as well as what Brother Luo and Jiang Zhizhou did, didn't they lay a good foundation for him?" You must know that before his army arrived that day, King Zheng had already shown his defeat, but he repeatedly asked the court for credit, but he turned a blind eye to it, and blindly took all the credit on himself. We know that he is in a high position and is the prince's own uncle, so it's hard to say anything, but there is really something bad in my heart. Who doesn't know that he led the troops to quell the rebellion and worked hard to achieve great results? But he doesn't want to eat alone."

When Wen Yi heard this, the resentment against the Zheng family in her heart added a little more, and she hurriedly comforted Liu Dongxing: "Don't care, the Holy Lord and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have eyes, and they won't see your hard work." Besides, the General Secretary has always had a secret report submitted, and he is not afraid to ask him to rob the credit. ”

Liu Dongxing smiled: "I don't care about this either, there were signs of this kind of thing before, and we all knew it in our hearts, but when we saw that Taiwei Zheng really did it, it was inevitable that we would react in our hearts." ”

Wen Yi was about to comfort him a few more words, when he suddenly heard Shu Ping rushing to the door to make an urgent report: "Uncle, there is a person from the garrison outside the door, saying that he was ordered to send you an urgent letter."

Liu Dongxing hurriedly got up and walked out, and when he came to the second gate, he saw that it was a soldier who stayed at the small mountain pass that day, and hurriedly asked: "But you hundred households called you here?" ”

The soldier couldn't hide the excitement on his face, and finally lowered his voice: "General, someone went there, it was someone from King Zheng's mansion, it seems that he was exploring the road, and the Lord of the Hundred Households of Qingdao sent someone to sneak into their vicinity to eavesdrop, and listen to their tone, it seems that some big man intends to escape through the road."

Liu Dongxing's eyes lit up, and a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

More to, address (to be continued)