In the past, he was fierce every night, and he had to be lucky with one or two women before he could sleep.

Now, he is a little powerless to arrange only one concubine every once in a while.

If a man is between the beds, the little lady's belly/skin is defeated, it means that he is really old.

No matter how much land is fertile, it will be in vain and a waste of resources if he does not reclaim it.

The body that was originally tall and strong is now loose and fat, and the belly is already tall.

But the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, and despite this, he still had a lot of power.

Hearing the report of the chief agent of the secret agent, Cao Qichang raised his eyebrows, and he never dared to believe these so-called facts.

"Zou Baichuan and they all go out to do errands, they all hold the token of the Ministry of War and the gold medal given by the King of Jin, a double token, and the secret guard actually dares to arrest him blatantly?"

Cao Qichang sneered and raised his head, "It seems that someone is deliberately looking for fault, dissatisfied with His Majesty the Emperor's protection of my Cao Mansion, and wants to tear his face to settle the account?" ”

The person he was referring to was, of course, the crown prince Yuanzhi.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see it clearly, without the approval of the crown prince, does the secret guard Ji Hong dare to go against the holy will and attack the queen's mother's family, the first-class national mansion?

"Xiangye, the secret guard arrested Zou Baichuan on the grounds that he smuggled ordnance, betrayed the country for glory, endangered the empire, and was arrested and imprisoned for treason."

The chief agent looked up, the old face that was so cold that he could squeeze out water, and carefully added:

"According to our people at the scene, Zou Baichuan came into the city in disguise, and when he encountered the Jin Wuwei checkpoint, he took out the Jin King token to pass the pass."

"But at this moment, Prince Luan drove out of the city to go out, and in addition to Concubine Lan of the East Palace, there was also the emperor... The queen mother was also there, and it happened that the queen mother recognized Zou Baichuan, which attracted the prince's trouble. ”

"Mr. Zou didn't have a problem, claiming that it was a tribute gift from all over the country escorted by the prime minister, and the queen saved it first at the critical moment."

"I didn't expect the prince to promise the queen mother not to pursue it, and turned around to hint at Qianniuwei, and when the prince Luan left, Qianniuwei followed..."

The spy told the story in detail.

"Bastard!"

Cao Qichang was furious when he heard this, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he dropped the valuable blue and white porcelain tea bowl, and he was furious.

"Insufficient success, more than failure!"

The people in the main hall of Dongwan still don't know who Xiangye is scolding, whether it is Zou Baichuan or the queen's mother.

Perhaps, he scolded both.

"Xiangye, every time Zou Baichuan escorts money and goods back to Beijing, because he has two tokens on him, the Ministry of War and the King of Jin, he has never had anything on the way, and he has successfully passed a few checkpoints when he arrives in the capital, and no one dares to get in the car to check it on the way."

"But this time I don't know why, everyone thinks it's very strange, it seems that the prince seems to know Zou Baichuan in advance, but he doesn't know it, it happened that the queen called out Zou Baichuan, and the prince immediately got out of the car after hearing about it, and asked to get on the car to inspect the goods on the spot."

The agent added.

"Does the prince know about Zou Baichuan? Could it be that the affairs of the Western Regions have been exposed? ”

Cao Qichang was taken aback when he heard this.

Something happened in the Western Regions?

Why hasn't Cao Fu received any news so far?

"Go check it out immediately, send a letter to the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, and find out the reason for this matter!" Cao Baichuan frowned and ordered.

He suddenly had a bad premonition, and the whole person seemed to have fallen into an ice cave all of a sudden, and his whole body was cold and chilling.

"No," someone responded.

"In addition, this Zou Baichuan, where is the secret guard keeping him? Already in prison? Cao Qichang then asked.

"The little one sent someone to inquire!" The Secret Agent Officer:

"The carriages are all sealed, and Zou Baichuan and the guards have been put on death row in the Imperial Prison, where the security is so heavy that it is really impossible to get close to find out the news."

Cao Qichang sneered when he heard this, "The drunkard doesn't mean to drink!" The prince wants to find a loophole from Zou Baichuan, so as to take down the old man, you go down first, try to send someone to find out the news, and try to meet Zou Baichuan at any cost. ”

"Understand Xiangye..."The spy chief bowed and withdrew.

Cao Qichang pondered for a moment, then turned his head to look at a middle-aged man who looked like a scholar who was sitting on the side and watching coldly, "Mr. Jia, what do you think of this?" ”

Jia Gongwang, the chief staff of the Cao Mansion, stood up.

He walked back and forth in the lobby for a few steps, and whispered slowly:

"Xiangye, as you said, the general liquidation of the Cao Mansion by the prince of the prison has begun, and their drunkards don't care about drinking, they care about Xiangye and the entire Cao family, now it seems that we have to make emergency preparations in advance."

"Over the years, Zou Baichuan has done a lot of things for you, especially arms smuggling and war preparation material trading, and he also knows a lot of hidden secrets in Cao's mansion.

Cao Qichang heard the words and groaned:

"Zou Baichuan is an old man in Cao's mansion, he has been following the old man for twenty years, and there is only a year difference between him and you, I think his loyalty still needs not be said."

Jia Gongwang was stunned when he heard this, but he still bent down and said in a low voice:

"Xiangye, this state now has nothing to do with loyalty, the key is whether he can withstand the inhuman torture in the edict, how can he say it clearly?"

"You also know that the edict prison is a land of tigers and wolves, and those who enter it will not die well, and none of us are in the edict prison now, and the trick of Yi Rong has also been used, but it doesn't work, in the opinion of his subordinates, Mr. Zou is afraid that it will be difficult for Mr. Zou to keep the secret."

What Jia Gongwang said, Cao Qichang didn't know yet, but he didn't want to believe it, or he was unwilling to be beaten passively and fail like this.

"Mr. Jia, what do you have a good idea about this?"

Cao Qichang is also helpless now, so he can only turn to his henchman for many years, the chief military advisor.

"Xiangye, with all due respect to his subordinates, with the current strength controlled by the prince, it is completely possible to crush us, Cao Fu is already at a disadvantage in a series of battles with the prince, in the opinion of his subordinates, it is urgent to invite the eldest lady and the queen to return to the house, and she will mediate."

"What? You asked the old man to beg her, this eats something outside the inside? When Cao Qichang heard this, he was so angry that he almost jumped up.

"Don't be angry first, listen to your subordinates and then decide." Seeing this, Jia Gongwang hurriedly comforted:

"At this time and that time, the prince is ruthless, since he has the advantage, he will unreservedly take advantage of the victory to pursue, and will not be soft, and the Zhang family in Guazhou is a clear example."

"The Zhang family advocates Chong but a second-class marquis, who would have thought that the prince would not fight in front of him, and directly let the secret guard kill these messengers, and only let the prince come out bare-assed, if there is no help from the master this time, and send Ling Gucheng to personally escort him back, the prince of the Zhang family will die on the road."

"No matter how about the queen's mother, after all, she is a girl married out of Cao Fu, and Xiangye is her biological father, can she see death or not? And it is not a shame for Xiangye to ask her to mediate, how can there be overnight gas between father and daughter? ”

Cao Qichang stood up after hearing this, pacing back and forth in the hall.