Chapter 17: The Mansion of the State of Wei (8)
"This matter is extremely critical, Brother Zhu, I'm afraid you have to go to Chengdu, Wei Guogong was ordered by the emperor to guard the northern Xinjiang for many years, but suddenly went to Chengdu, there must be a very important matter, you can go to the palace tomorrow to meet the emperor, probe the emperor's tone, to see if there is a will for Wei Guogong to go to Sichuan recently, if not, then Wei Guogong is secretly into Sichuan, it is even more suspicious, Brother Zhu followed, there will be something, if you can get evidence is the best. However, before obtaining the actual evidence for this matter, you must not tell the emperor about it, after all, Wei Guogong is an important minister of the imperial court, and if it is not ironclad evidence, it will not be able to be defeated, but it will bring disaster upon itself, or force the dog to jump over the wall in a hurry, and rebel against all odds. Our priority now is to get real evidence, and then let the emperor slowly reduce his post and take back the military power, and then deal with it so as not to cause trouble, if he acts recklessly, it is easy to backfire and cause the people to suffer. Desert listened to Zhu Wenyu finish talking about the conversation he heard in the Wei State Mansion, pondered for a while, and said.
"Well, tomorrow I will enter the palace to see the emperor, and we will leave the day after tomorrow."
"Just Brother Zhu, you two go, there must be no one left in the capital, you must always pay attention to the movements of the Wei State Mansion, and I will stay in the capital. In addition, Brother Zhu wrote a letter to the Nangong family in Shandong to see if it was possible for Brother Nangong to go to Chengdu to meet Brother Zhu, if the two of you were together, the affairs of the world would be able to deal with it. ”
"Hehe, just go and find out the news, what big deal can be?" Zhu Wenyu smiled indifferently
"Brother Zhu should not be underestimated, then the 'Ruyi Divine Sword' Yu Shixiong Brother Zhu is not necessarily his opponent, not to mention that Brother Zhu just said that Wei Guogong will have to meet a few more people when he goes to Chengdu, if those people come to Chongqing Mansion like last time, there are only a lot of foreign martial arts masters, and there are only too many enemies, which is also a very troublesome thing." Desert Orthodox Road.
The desert's words reminded Zhu Wenyu of the thrilling scene at Chaotianmen Wharf in Chongqing Mansion, and he thought of Zu Jiangsheng who fell into the river and sighed.
Tang Yun looked at Zhu Wenyu's expression on the side, knowing that he remembered that Zu Jiangsheng again, and comforted him softly: "Brother Yu, don't think about it too much, Jiren has his own natural appearance, and Zu Jiangsheng eats and sleeps on the boat, the water is excellent, and it will be fine." ”
Zhu Wenyu nodded and said, "Well, that's okay, let's just decide, I'll go to Chengdu, eagle, you stay in the capital, keep an eye on the Wei State Mansion, and then find out where the new bank of the Tianyi Alliance is." ”
"Yes, this is also what we want to focus on, keeping an eye on the treasury of the Tianyi Alliance, we can get the news as soon as possible and take precautions if they have any big moves." Desert nodded.
"Brother Yu." Tang Yun said suddenly: "Can you let the beggar gang investigate Wei Guogong's movements in Taiyuan Mansion?" Let's see if he really secretly went to Chengdu? ”
"Hehe, such a confidential matter, the beggars can't find out any news." Desert laughed from the side.
"Hehe, Yun'er, who is Wei Guogong? He was stationed in Taiyuan, Beiping, and lived in the army every day, and the idle people could not get close, and trespassing on the barracks was a capital crime, and he could be killed on the spot. How could the brothers of the beggars find out his whereabouts? Besides, if Wei Guogong really wanted to go to Chengdu secretly, this was a big crime to kill his head, and even the emperor had to hide it from him, and his cronies would never be able to know such a confidential matter, and his friends from the beggar gang would not be able to help. Zhu Wenyu explained.
"Oh, too." Tang Yun suddenly knew that what he thought was too simple.
"By the way, Eagle, there's one more thing. You stay in the capital and I go to other places, how can I keep in touch and exchange news? Zhu Wenyu suddenly remembered something.
"It's easy to do." Desert took out an emerald green bamboo plaque from his bosom: "No matter where you go, as long as you find the local beggar gang rudder, show this bamboo plaque to the rudder master, they will help you, and there is naturally no problem in passing on the news." ”
Zhu Wenyu took the bamboo card: "Hehe, this is a good thing." ”
Tang Yun, who was watching on the side, asked curiously, "What is this bamboo brand made of?" It's so turquoise and green, it's like getting wet? ”
"This is made of cold jade bamboo, it is very rare, it only grows next to a waterfall in the deep mountains, and when it is soaked by water mist in adulthood, it will be so green, harder than ordinary pig iron. This is a token from Master to our senior brother, and I and Senior Brother Yan are one by one. ”
"Hehe, whatever he does, it's good to use, it's better not to return it, hehe." Zhu Wenyu smiled while putting the bamboo card in his arms.
On the second day, Zhu Wenyu entered the palace to see Zhu Yuanzhang, there were some new clues, and he wanted to go to Chengdu, Zhu Yuanzhang agreed without thinking, Zhu Wenyu pretended to talk about the matter of Xu Da of Wei Guogong in general, and listened to Xu Da's whereabouts in a roundabout way, Zhu Yuanzhang was unaware, the Tao is that Xu Da has been guarding the border pass in Taiyuan Town, and he also exaggerated Xu Da, and the Tao is fortunate to have the town of Wei Guogong Ningbeiping Taiyuan, resisting the Mongolian army and not daring to invade the south, the northern frontier of the Ming Dynasty can be so safe and sound, This compliment strengthened Zhu Wenyu's determination to obtain real evidence first, and then report to Zhu Yuanzhang the relationship between Xu Da and Tianyi League.
In the evening, another beggar came to report that the Duke of Wei had indeed galloped out of a well-covered carriage today, and a coachman drove out of the West City Gate all the way to the west. "Dai Xingcheng is on the road." Zhu Wenyu said happily, "We will also set off tomorrow." ”
Early the next morning, Zhu Wenyu and Tang Yun finished their stops, and also went out on horseback, all the way to the west, Zhu Wenyu thought that the waterway was too slow, and yesterday Dai Xingcheng took a carriage, and the two of them rode horses to follow, although they already knew that Dai Xingcheng was going to Chengdu, but along the way, you can also see more about this Mr. Dai, and then explore the details of the Tianyi League. The desert stayed in Zhu Wenyu's mansion, paying attention to the movements of the Wei Mansion at any time, and always maintained contact with Zhu Wenyu through the rudder of the beggar gang in various places.
"Big brother." Late at night, Manager You came to the inner palace again.
"Well, here you go? What do you think? "Mr. Big still has a cough that doesn't heal.
"Xingcheng has already left Beijing, and Zhu Wenyu has also followed, everything is done according to the arrangement of the eldest brother."
"Alas----" Mr. Big was silent for a long time, and suddenly sighed heavily: "Dealing with Young Master Yu like this is indeed a last resort." ”
"Big brother, big brother, don't be like this, this can only be blamed on Zhu Wenyu himself for being ignorant, he has to go against us, and if he doesn't get rid of him, sooner or later it will ruin our great cause. The eldest brother can think for him like this, and he is already very worthy of this kid. Mr. You persuaded.
Mr. Big was silent again, and said suddenly: "Can you say hello to Yu Shixiong, show mercy to your subordinates, and spare Young Master Yu's life?" ”
"Big brother." Manager You shook his head: "People in the martial arts, especially martial arts masters, are the same as we were on the battlefield before, they are not merciful, either you die or I live, Young Master Yu is also a master, if you keep your hands easily, you are only afraid of death." Big brother, it's not the younger brother, I don't follow the words of the eldest brother, back then, we fought on the battlefield, and thousands of people died every day, how could the eldest brother still have the kindness of this woman? It's not good for me to say this to Yu Shixiong, even if I say it, it's useless, big brother. ”
After another moment of silence, Mr. Big shook his head helplessly: "Forget it, let's look at Young Master Yu's life." By the way, Xiao Wuya, that's fine, right? ”
"Don't worry, big brother, the money has been transferred, Wuya is fine, this thing is done properly, there is no difference at all, he is a talent."
"Well, it's not good to always put it in the capital, it's better to transport it to Hate Yuan as soon as possible, he is short of silver." Mr. Big said as he coughed.
"I know, big brother, when Du Feng's batch of silver arrives, it will be shipped, and it is estimated that it will be half a month."
"How are you talking to those people outside?"
"It should be okay, Hate Yuan didn't say it carefully. However, eldest brother, Hate Yuan was already very opposed to this matter, why did he have to talk to those people in the Western Regions of Mongolia? ”
"Hehe, I hate Yuan Wai Yuan and Nei Fang, but my temper hasn't changed." Mr. Big smiled faintly and said slowly: "Actually, I also thought about this matter, back then, we followed the lord to fight the world, and we never looked for foreigners, let alone Mongolians?" It's no wonder that Hate Yuan can't figure it out. However, our current ability is still insufficient, and it is impossible for us to fight against the officials and soldiers of the imperial court, at most, we will only plot to kill a few people, and it will not be much of a climate. Therefore, I want to hate Yuan and talk to those Tartars, but I want to use the power of those Tartars to deal with and contain Zhu Yuanzhang, so that we can start from it, and when I kill Zhu Yuanzhang to take revenge and restore my Han Dynasty, I will naturally have to settle accounts with these Tartars when I look back. Second brother, you and I are both from the Han Dynasty, so naturally it is impossible to sit in the same boat with the Tartars, and sooner or later we will have to drive the Tartars out of the Central Plains and restore the rivers and mountains of our Han family. ”
"Hehe, I knew that my eldest brother was not that kind of person, I had long been persuaded to hate Brother Yuan, don't worry, eldest brother." Mr. You smiled.
"Well, okay, you can go back too."
"That'...... Is there anything else that Big Brother has to say? Manager You hesitated slightly.