Tongcheng used to close the city gate at three o'clock in the unitary hour, but today it has advanced to the beginning of the unitary period.

Because it was done temporarily, there was no means to inform in advance such as announcements, but fortunately, Li Mao and Lao Zhao outside the city had already started their actions, and there were not so many people who came into the city today.

Originally, this one thing alone was enough for the people of Tongcheng to think about it, but in the past few days, it has become the most inconspicuous novelty.

As soon as it was dark, Wen Liang and Cheng Wangshu's chase finally stopped quietly after stirring up most of Tongcheng. The people of the city did not know where they eventually disappeared, just as they did not know where they had begun.

Coupled with the previous changes in the price of rice and grain in the city, together with the news that the Sun Mansion was disposed of overnight, and the Taishou Liu Zhu first suffered a round of assassination by a mysterious person and then was mobilized, etc., the people of Tongcheng should have closed their doors tonight, and the city should no longer be as lively as in the past, but it was implicated by Master Sun, and most of the gambling houses in the city were either raided by the government government, or were taken advantage of by other big clans who had some dealings with Master Sun, and they all closed down today.

And the rest of the things that have nothing to do with Sun Mansion are obviously a good time to do business and win customers, but it can be seen that Sun Mansion is going to end, and I don't know what the reason is, so I don't dare to rub the slightest bit of fishy smell at this juncture, so I will also close down.

Many people who really have nothing to do have replaced the original people who were in the teahouse and wine shop all night, but they didn't dare to go out tonight, making Tongcheng look less deserted.

Then the news gradually spread.

Xu Sanlang, a person from Tongcheng who said that he was scolding the temple in Lianzhou, quietly returned to Tongcheng today. Liu Zhu's transfer was because he was implicated, nominally he moved to Zhizhi, but in fact, under the game of the big figures in Lianzhou, he first entered Beijing and then made other arrangements.

And the assassins who caused a storm in the city today, even though there was some information deliberately revealed by the soldiers when they were asking around, it was still rumored here: these assassins are not the culprits of the assassination of Taishou, their real purpose is to kill Xu Zhongyan, and it is self-evident who sent them.

This led to a lot of discussion in various places, which was nothing more than speculation about Lianzhou's behavior, during which although everyone gathered to litigate, but in the end they all pointed to a general direction: Ling Guangjun's move lost the style of a god.

This is the most special place where Tongcheng is used in the territory of Southern Chu.

Although Tongcheng is very close to the enemy's border, it has not experienced too many real wars. The daily life of the people of Southern Chu here will be affected by the war to some extent, but they are not really in hardship and can only find hope from the gods.

At the same time, due to the awkward location, once Beiyu went south from the west, considering the overall situation, it was not of great significance for Nanchu to stick to Tongcheng, and it was also because of such a reality that over time, Nanchu's own influence on Tongcheng gradually faded, among which Lingguangjun was just a nominal god to the people of Tongcheng, which seemed distant and unfamiliar.

In contrast, it is such a small border city, due to the lack of attention to Lianzhou, coupled with the resources and environment brought by the location, etc., although there have been no nobles who have paid homage to the prime minister over the years, there is a very strong reading atmosphere, and the places that scholars yearn for are ultimately above the court, and the discussion about the court is also the most. And because of the distance from Lianzhou, coupled with some influence of Beiyu and Liangzhou over the years, a lot of news from Southern Chu has changed its flavor when it comes here.

Although Xu Sanlang's related discussions did not come to a conclusion in the end, Ling Guangjun's reputation in Tongcheng also had a decreasing trend tonight.

"Is that really the case?" After listening to the responses of many secret guards, he sat in a tea house and said to himself.

Wen Liang cleared such a clean tea house near the south city gate, and temporarily let Wen Gu use it for deliberations.

He originally chased Cheng Wangshu for most of Tongcheng, but later Nan Yijian just ran blindly and didn't stop. Although Wen Liang could barely keep up, he was also struggling more and more.

Until Jin Juan intercepted him and reported the news of Anningfang. Only then did Wen Liang understand what Cheng Wangshu was going to do. I didn't even chase after him, and after a group of people stopped, they suddenly felt that their limbs were sore, and they first collapsed on all fours and slumped in place for a while, and as soon as they regained some strength, they hurried to report to the eldest lady without losing their home.

Just listened to it, not only did he not regret and be angry, but he was happy because the other party would have some backhand. Then he asked Wen Liang to stop thinking about this matter for the time being, and first go to find a place to discuss things.

Wen Liang didn't know why the eldest lady designated a tea house, and since Li Mao was not there, he first gathered some Li Mao's people in the city here, and asked them to come to the eldest lady in person to tell the eldest lady about the things that were discussed today.

"Miss, do we have to deal with it?" Wen Liang asked. After Li Mao's people finished replying, Wen Liang was afraid that the eldest lady would have other instructions, so he didn't let them disperse.

Wen just shook his head: "Just keep listening." The next step may be to have the news of Xia Qingtong. ”

One of them said, "We followed some people who were obviously spreading the news of the guidance, and wanted to see their whereabouts so that we could tell if there was a mastermind behind them. These people don't have a consistent place to go, but after inquiring about the neighborhood and the military patrol shop in charge of the local area, I found that they are more or less related to the Zheng family. ”

This was a little surprising to Wen Gu, she originally thought that Zheng Tong was just the head of a big clan in Tongcheng who was only for profit, but she didn't expect him to be involved in it.

Wen nodded and said, "You don't have to worry about the other things first, just investigate this matter carefully." ”

The man took the command and departed.

The development of things was unexpected, but it was still the same as what she had speculated in the process of not losing her residence, it was all aimed at Ling Guangjun's prestige, and judging from this behavior, the next step should be to further remove Ling Guangjun's influence in Tongcheng.

Then perhaps it started from Tongcheng and then spread to the whole territory of Southern Chu.

In short, in a word, Nanchu doesn't need Ling Guangjun anymore.

But now that Nanchu is in danger, Ling Guangjun is the best calling force. If Beiyu does this, it makes sense, but Nanchu is tantamount to cutting off a road by himself.

Besides, Ling Guangjun made it himself.

Wen was thinking about it, and suddenly saw Zhou Tong coming and going, and shouted before he arrived.

"Miss, the scout has come to report that the Dingyi army has stopped marching fifty miles south of the city, and there is a group of light armored cavalry about one hundred and thirty people, rushing towards Tongcheng first."

(End of chapter)