"Your Majesty, the yamen of the prefectures and counties in the south of the Yangtze River are in a hurry for eight hundred miles!

”

As soon as he got off the court, it didn't take long for Dai Quan to walk in in a hurry, with a hint of nervousness in his words.

Once such a document is used, it means that the matter has reached a certain level, which is very urgent, or the matter is extremely harmful, otherwise such an instrument will never be used.

Hearing Dai Quan's words, Emperor Ming Kangdi was obviously stunned for a moment, the eight hundred miles in Jiangnan were expedited?? What's going on? Jiangnan is located in the hinterland of Dakang, how can there be an eight-hundred-mile rush there?

"What's going on?"

Ming Conti's tone was a little cold.

It's not that Kandi is like this, and he can't hear any trouble, but the situation in the capital has been too grim in the past few days, and it has given him a headache, and he really doesn't want to hear any more bad information.

Dai Quan bent down, stood aside cautiously, bowed down and said, "The old slave hasn't checked yet, and I don't know what the content is?" ”

Hearing Dai Quan's words, Emperor Ming Kang smiled.

"You old dog is self-conscious!

”

After that, Emperor Ming Kandi took over the fold from Dai Quan's hand, and as soon as he opened it, Emperor Ming's brows tightened, and he thought that he had made a mistake at first, and couldn't help but look at it again from the beginning.

After a while, Ming Kangdi threw the fold on the table, snorted coldly, and his face suddenly became gloomy.

"These bastards!

”

"Damn it~~"

These words were almost squeezed out of Emperor Ming Kangdi's teeth, Dai Quan's body trembled, and at this moment, he clearly felt that the Lord of Dakang in front of him was obviously moved by murderous intentions.

After this sentence, Dai Quan felt that the entire imperial study suddenly cooled down, and the low-pressure Ming Kangdi gave people an extremely depressed sense of oppression.

"Dai Quan, immediately summon the cabinet ministers into the palace!

”

"In addition, call Wu Qiugui, the commander of the Royal Forest Army, to me together!

”

Dai Quan didn't dare to slack off, and left in a hurry after receiving the order.

After another moment, Emperor Ming Kangdi squinted his eyes and said, "Xu Yuantu, shouldn't you give me an explanation?" What's going on in Gangnam? ”

"Why is there still a problem with the salt shipment?"

As soon as Ming Kangdi's words fell, Xu Yuantu walked out from behind the pillar on one side.

In the face of Emperor Ming Kangdi's questioning, Xu Yuantu had nothing to say for a while, he was in the capital, and the land south of the Yangtze River was thousands of miles away from the capital, so he couldn't reach it at all, even if something really happened, it would take a while for the news to come back.

Since there was nothing to say, Xu Yuantu simply knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Weichen is guilty, please give the emperor his guilt!"

”

Seeing that Xu Yuantu was so single, Emperor Ming Kang suddenly became angry, picked up the fold on the imperial eucalyptus, and fell on him hard.

"Are you guilty, or are you a capital offense!

See for yourself, what it is!

Looking at the reports of several prefects, every year there is a phenomenon of the sinking of the boat transporting salt in the river, are you blind or deaf? Why isn't this situation reported? ”

Hearing this, Xu Yuantu was suddenly helpless, this situation is inevitable, because the riverbed will accumulate some silt every year, and the water will also sweep away some stones from both sides of the river.

Emperor Ming Kangdi pointed to the fold on the ground and continued to say coldly: "Pick it up, see for yourself, see if I deliberately belittle you, and see if I have wronged you?" ”

Xu Yuantu picked up the fold on the ground, opened it and looked at it, and his expression became cold.

More than half of the salt transported to Jiangnan this year has sunk, and the salt that sank into the river has disappeared directly.

Seeing this, Xu Yuantu knew that someone must be playing tricks on this matter, and it was not what it was a few years ago.

A few years ago, even if those buildings sank on the rocks, they were no more than 12 out of 10, or even less, and those, after the salt was silent, could be recovered after salvage.

After being silent for a moment, Xu Yuantu said: "Emperor Qi, in the past years, there will indeed be shipwrecks, but those are inevitable shipwrecks, after salvage, most of them can be recovered, this is a normal phenomenon, definitely not this year, subordinates suspect, behind this incident, there should be someone deliberately making trouble!"

”

"Is that why you didn't report to me?"

Hearing this, Xu Yuantu felt a thrill in his heart, and hurriedly said: "The subordinates have no such intentions, and they did not report to the emperor in time, it was the minister who committed the crime of dereliction of duty, and I hope that Your Majesty can allow the minister to make meritorious contributions, find out the mastermind behind the Jiangnan salt transportation incident, and press him to the emperor to punish the crime!"

”

Looking at Xu Yuantu lying on the ground, Emperor Ming Kangdi gradually calmed down, he knew that in fact, this matter was not Xu Yuantu's fault, he already knew it when he saw the twists and turns.

Behind this incident, there must be someone making trouble, although the secret guards are distributed throughout Dakang, but the core power is still in the capital, how big is Dakang? He knew that the Dark Guard did not have a good grasp of certain places and certain things.

Just like the bitter cold land of the Nine Sides, the Great Snow Dragoon led by Jia Chen, before he went down to the south of the Yangtze River, no one knew how strong this iron cavalry was?

"Give me three days, give me an answer, and if you can't, you can come to me with your head up!

”

Hearing Emperor Ming's words, Xu Yuantu's heart was full of helplessness, three days, even if he rushed to Jiangnan quickly, running day and night, it would take at least two days and two nights, not everyone was a champion Hou, and he could return to the capital from Jiangnan in just one night.

In other words, Emperor Ming Kangdi actually only gave him one day of effort, which is too short.

However, he also knew that Emperor Ming Kangdi was angry at the moment, and if he didn't borrow the slope to get off the donkey, he was likely to be killed by the pond fish.

"Wechen takes the order!

”

After speaking, Xu Yuantu was just about to get up and leave, when he suddenly heard Emperor Ming Kangdi ask: "Champion Hou Jiachen, has the Zhenguo Gonggong been abnormal in the past two days?" “

Xu Yuantu was silent for a moment, and then said: "After the champion Hou Jia Chen returned to Beijing, he did not go to the mansions of the Duke of Zhenguo and the Duke of Liguo, nor did he send anyone there. After the champion Hou sent Lin Daiyu, the only daughter of Lord Lin, back to the mansion, she never left the Champion Hou's mansion again!

”

"And the two old princes of Zhenguo and Li Guogong have been kept in their own backyards, and during this time, they have never gone out of the house!

”

"His sons Niu Jizong and Liu Fang are presiding over the overall situation, and they have always been in a state of closing the door, and they have only met one guest during this time, the eunuch in charge of Taihe Palace - Xia Cheng!

”

"When Xia Cheng left the two mansions, the two old princes personally sent each other off, but at that time, Xia Cheng didn't look happy, and he also pointed at the two princes, and the two old princes were laughing together, as for the rest, there was no special situation!"

Speaking of this, Xu Yuantu paused for a moment before continuing: "It's the champion Houfu Cailuan girl, it seems that she is more interested in the Jiaofang Division, most of the maids in the Houfu are from the Jiaofang Division, and it seems that she is inquiring about the information of the champion Hou's biological mother recently, although the actions are relatively secretive, but the secret guards who are monitoring the Hou Mansion are still aware of some clues!" ”

"As for the matter of the champion Hou's biological mother, our secret guard has investigated it many times, and there is no problem with its identity, and his subordinates guess that it is very likely that it is the champion Hou Jiachen, who intends to help his biological mother move the grave, search for some necessary information, and calculate the auspicious day of the zodiac, because the Hou Mansion has booked a group of craftsmen, and it will be planned according to the plan, and after the weather gets warmer, the construction will start immediately!"

Hearing what Xu Yuantu said, Emperor Ming Kangdi also sighed softly in his heart, about Jia Chen, the matter of moving his mother's grave, in fact, he expected it, after all, just a few days after the Chinese New Year, Jia Yu went outside the city to pay tribute to his mother!

"Got it, let's go down and do something!"

Lin Mansion, Fan Mansion, Zeng Mansion, and other mansions of several cabinet lords, they haven't sat down yet, or they haven't had time to drink tea when they sit down, they heard a report from Menzi, saying, there are people from the palace, and the emperor wants to summon them!

Although a few people had doubts in their hearts, they didn't dare to delay, took their official hats, and left in a hurry with the little eunuchs, but fortunately, they didn't change their official uniforms, and the speed was much faster.

The same is true for the Lin Mansion, Lin Ruhai hurriedly asked, what is the matter with the emperor's summons?

However, the little eunuch who passed the message didn't know anything, and only said that the chief administrator Dai Quan asked them to go to the mansion of the cabinet lord to spread the word, and the matter was urgent, and there was no room for delay.

Lin Ruhai had seen this little eunuch, who was serving in the imperial study of Daming Palace, but he didn't doubt the authenticity of what he said, and simply explained a few words to the housekeeper, and left in a hurry.

On the other side, Jia Chen, with Cailuan and Xiangling, riding a crane, had already come to the outside of the city, and such a behemoth suddenly landed from the sky, which naturally alarmed another wave of people who were ambushed here.

After these people saw Jia Chen, they didn't say a word, took out the sword they were carrying and rushed in.

The intention is also obvious, to kill the survivors of the Workshop Division on the spot.

It was too late, it was too fast, and I saw the sword light rise up, and the screaming sound in the house came, and then it stopped abruptly!

"Bell, bell, bell!

”

After a few crisp sounds, the gangsters who rushed into the farmhouse broke the long knife in their hands instantly, and they were directly split into two with half of their bodies.

At this moment, Jia Chen walked out of the farmhouse, carrying a woman whose face was as pale as paper and trembling all over.

Jia Yu beside Xiangling and Cailuan was dissipating surgingly, it turned out that just when these gangsters were about to make a move, Jia Chen had already swept out in an instant, and the speed was so fast that it formed an afterimage in the same place, and even lasted for nearly ten breaths without dissipating, and his people had already appeared in the house and saved the only person who knew about it.

Then, Jia Chen bent his fingers again, and four or five sounds of breaking the sky sounded, and a few muffled snorts came from the vicinity again, Jia Chen easily solved the other dark lines lying in ambush around, and then he didn't care what those people were, he took the woman to a clearing, and let her lean on a bare tree to ease her nervous and scared mood.

Looking at the slightly desolate plain in the distance, Jia Chen said softly after a moment: "You must be a smart person, otherwise you wouldn't have lived until now!" ”

When the woman heard Jia Chen's words, her Adam's apple moved slightly, and she should have swallowed her saliva secretly, but she didn't answer.

Subsequently, Jia Chen continued: "You should have guessed the identity of Ben Hou, you should also know why those people died, and you should know why Ben Hou came to you!"

”

"If you want you to tell the truth you know, Benhou can protect your life without worry, send someone to send you to Jiangnan, and give you enough gold and silver treasures, so that you can live the rest of your life without worry!"

“

"Of course, if you are unwilling to cooperate, then you will blame Ben Hou for being ruthless!

”

After hearing what Jia Chen said, the woman smiled awkwardly, "This son, what are you talking about?" The woman doesn't understand, the woman is just an honest farmer, the husband just entered the city in the morning, and he will be back in a while, if there is nothing to do, please raise your noble hand!

I'm not going to tell anyone about the house! ”

Hearing this, Jia Chen turned around, looked at the other party, and smiled coldly.

"You have also seen Ben Hou's methods just now, Ben Hou doesn't want to say good things a second time, if you really want to find death, Ben Hou will send someone to dismantle you and make you an adult!"

"Ben Hou knows that you don't have any relatives, you are not afraid of threats, and you have been charged into the Jiaofang Division when you are very young, but I don't know, when you die, will anyone help you collect the body?"

The woman's face changed slightly, and her eyes began to flicker, but she still had no intention of speaking.

"The people who died at the hands of Ben Hou, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is thousands, there is no more than you, there is no less than you, you think clearly, don't go to the end, wait for Ben Hou to make you a human being, you speak again, then by then, it will be too late!

”

When he spoke, he didn't see Jia Chen's tone fluctuate, as if he was telling a very ordinary thing, but the more he did, the more pressure he put on this woman.

She did know who the young man in front of her was? also knows that he is a ruthless executioner, and he will definitely not be soft when he kills someone like her.

hesitated for a while, the thing she knew was not trivial, in fact, she herself knew that if she said it, she would die, and if she didn't say it, she would still be alive.

But in the face of Jia Chen, she has no bottom in her heart, and if she falls into Jia Chen's hands, she may be worse off than dead.

"Then start with your hands!

”

Saying that, Jia Chen casually took a steel knife, and without the slightest hesitation in his hand, he slashed with the knife.

The woman saw that something was wrong, how could the young man in front of her be so cold-blooded?

In an instant, it scared her a spirit, and then she hurriedly said: "Master Hou, don't cut it!"

I say!

”

The steel knife went into the ground, and only one knife handle remained, looking at the woman's heart, she trembled, this knife, the other party really wanted to cut it......

"Say it!

”

.....。