"Oops, the Grandmaster is finally back, you're not hurt, are you?"

As soon as he saw Wu Zhige, Yuan Luo suddenly came to his senses, "Grandmaster, say quickly, what about the people of the Vengeance Alliance?" Have they all left the capital? ”

He is most afraid that the helmsman of the Vengeance League will be arrested and confessed, then he will definitely be the prince's knife.

"Lord Wang, they left the capital in the middle of the night, and the old man personally sent them out of the city, and then they came back."

After hearing this, Yuan Luo breathed a heavy sigh of relief, and a stone fell to the ground.

"Grandmaster, why did you lose so badly this time when you went to assassinate?"

"Hey... It's hard to put into words..."

Wu Zhige sighed and explained the entire assassination plan and process to Yuan Luo in detail.

Yuan Luo's face turned pale when he heard this, his pupils constricted, and he gritted his teeth and said:

"I didn't expect that there are so many Jianghu sects around the prince, all of them are secretly supporting him, Jiang Zuomeng has already favored him, and now what kind of Qingyunmen is it, hey... God bless me. ”

Wu Zhige said coldly when he heard this:

"The assassination plan failed, and the biggest loss was the revenge alliance, which lost more than 20 masters twice, and injured their vitality, and they didn't dare to assassinate in the capital for the time being, they pinned their hopes on the prince's private trip, and then ambushed when they went to other state capitals."

It seems that the Vengeance Alliance's side can't be counted on for the time being.

"Prince Ning has come with an order, so that you don't act rashly anymore, mainly to hibernation, and you can't provoke the prince of the East Palace again, otherwise your life will not be guaranteed."

"Lord Ning is actively planning over there, preparing to carry out a series of battles against Jiang Zuomeng first

cracked down to punish them for flattering the prince, and at the same time, they were also preparing to buy some deacons and helmsmen in the Jiangzuo League to disintegrate the Jiangzuo League. ”

"And the prince, you should fight for more bloody hands on your side, Cao Fu is basically out of the rivers and lakes at present, there are a large number of subordinates on the Dugu City side, they need to survive, this is a good opportunity for us to buy them."

Yuan Luo nodded after hearing this, "Please tell my Second Emperor Uncle, I will do it according to his will, that is, to buy the Blood Hand Gate, it will take more than one million taels of silver, how about asking Ning Wangfu to transfer over five hundred thousand taels first?" ”

"Okay, I'll go and get someone to pass the message right away." Wu Zhige gave up his hand and left.

Yuan Luo's mood was calm, he didn't close his eyes all night, so he fell asleep on the couch.

……

Shang Shu Ling Yang Du Mansion, the main hall.

"The Jianghu sect is just some bandits."

Shang Shuqian of the Criminal Department was brave, holding a steaming tea cup in his hand, shaking his head and gently blowing away the foam on the tea soup, and said with a faint smile:

"It seems to be high and high, free and easy, and it pays attention to the righteousness of the rivers and lakes, but in fact, it is a plate of loose sand."

"Assassinated the prince twice, this new sect that rose in the rivers and lakes, actually lost its troops and lost its generals, and it didn't even hurt the prince's hair."

"King Zhao colluded with these bandits, not to mention that it had no effect, and he fell into a subordinate position for no reason, and was caught by the prince and almost destroyed."

Yang Du, who bowed his head and tasted tea, said in a low voice:

"Be cautious, everyone should be cautious, the revenge alliance assassinated the prince, the East Palace can't be sure that it has something to do with King Zhao, and we can't arbitrarily draw conclusions here."

Wan Daoguang, who was sitting on the other side of Dali Temple, raised his head and said in a deep voice:

"Isn't it just an obvious matter right now, don't say that we understand, I'm afraid that Donggong already knows it."

"First the Dunhuang Zhang family, and then the revenge alliance, this young and immature King Zhao is really a little impatient."

Qian Fenyong, who was thinking about it, turned his head to Yang Du and said:

"Xiangye, this King Zhao, do we really want to support him?"

"It's not enough to support him." Yang Du said slowly:

"It's just that he is the spokesperson of King Ning in the capital, and if you don't look at the face of the Buddha and see the face of the Buddha, we can't watch him be destroyed by the crown prince."

"Recently, King Ning sent a letter, basically agreeing to the cooperation regulations we proposed, and he hopes that we can make some moves in Beijing to turn him upside down, and not let the prince smoothly launch a new policy and achieve results."

Speaking of this stubble, Qian Fenyong and Wan Daoguang glanced at each other, and their faces were happy.

"In Xiangye's opinion, what should we do?"

Yang Du put down the teacup, stroked his chin and beard, and said with a sad face:

"In the case of the Zhang family in Dunhuang, the old man sent the Imperial History to be led by Lord Cheng Si Shanens, the right attendant of the Criminal Department, and the Shaoqing of Dali Temple as the deputy envoy, a total of more than ten people went down to review, but the current news is not ideal."

"It's just that this mess is rotten, and the last thing that should be done is to let Donggong hold the handle everywhere, I'm afraid it's not easy to clean up."

"The East Palace has been in the Hexi Corridor since last year, and it has been laid out for a long time, Cao Kesheng They have a lot of power below, and they were originally aimed at the Cao Mansion, but after the Cao family surrendered, the trees fell and scattered, like Ye Yinting, the general of the Guazhou Daoxing Battalion, and others have long clamped their tails, but they will not cooperate with us."

Qian Fenyong is an old fritter in officialdom, he heard that Yang Du was a little depressed, so he arched his hand and said:

"Xiangye is worried that the stall in Dunhuang will not be easy to clean up, so let's find a reason, light a fire in Beijing, and let the East Palace put out the fire."

"Jingshi, which yamen to start with?" Yang Du said hurriedly when he heard this.

Qian Fenyong and Wan Daoguang looked at each other and smiled, and said, "Hubu Shi Shenyi, okay?" ”

"Tobe..."

Yang Du was stunned for a moment, he thought about it and nodded:

"Of course, the household department can, there are many goals to start, not to mention that the East Palace is currently launching weights and measures, unifying the currency, collecting the four seas money village of Caofu, and cooperating with the eight Jin merchants, there are always flaws to be found."

"If we can take Shi Shenyi, it is equivalent to cutting off one of the arms of the prince of the East Palace, and exchanging his life for the compromise of the East Palace, which is feasible."

Seeing this, Qian Fenyong and Wan Daoguang got up and hugged their fists and said:

"Since Xiangye nodded, then the two of us will go to do something."

Yang Du waved his hand and said:

"Go boldly! Last year, the Cao family led our five-phase cabinet, which was too cautious and conservative, so that the East Palace suddenly rose up and caught us off guard a lot, and now it is time for him to see, the cabinet has helped the royal family manage the government for so many years, and it is still a bit of a deterrent. ”

"Understood!"

Qian Fenyong and Wan Daoguang left the Yang Mansion after giving up.

……

In mid-to-late April, it was already a scorching summer.

After nearly three months of recuperation, Cao Qichang's body recovered as before.

The staff of Cao Mansion has been reduced by more than half, and it seems to be much quieter.

He walked slowly out of the main hall as usual, and came to his Dongwan Academy, and was about to step in with his legs raised, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of the door leading from the courtyard wall to the back garden, and a familiar figure flashed.

"Yanqiu, come here!"

Cao Qichang shouted, Cao Yanqiu honestly walked out from behind the door, came to him and said respectfully:

"Father, my son has sent you a greeting."

Cao Qichang's face was expressionless, and he hummed:

"Since you're here to greet me, why are you still sneaky, where are you going?"

Looking at this posture, Cao Yanqiu knew that he couldn't hide his shrewd father.