Chapter 169: Changes at the Border
Hearing this, Yu Wenyao suddenly raised his head from the fold, shot his sharp gaze at Jing Yan, and scolded angrily: "Why did you report such an important matter now?" ”
Jing Yan was frightened by this glance, and hurriedly lowered his head, "This matter is very hidden, and my subordinates have just found out, judging from the current clues, it is very likely that it was ordered by His Majesty personally." ”
Yu Wenyao pondered the news carefully, knowing that Jing Yan couldn't be blamed for this matter, so he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and asked, "You just mentioned An Shi, do you know where he is now?" ”
"Back to His Royal Highness, his subordinates invited several waves of killers to pursue Gonggong An, but the trip did not go well, he was protected by a master, but it happened to match the few guards who disappeared in the palace."
"Later, Concubine Lu invited the famous black and white shuangsha on the rivers and lakes to track and kill Grandpa An, but they disappeared in Jiangnan, and his subordinates felt that Grandpa An was very likely to be in Jiangnan now."
"Jiangnan ......" Yu Wenyao chewed on these two words, and suddenly asked, "Is Xiao Wenjun also in Jiangnan?" ”
"It's not! The county lord of Lanling has gone to the divine capital. ”
"Huh! Then it makes sense," Yu Wenyao sneered. He stood up and paced back and forth in the hall, his mind racing as a bold thought arose from his mind, which he quickly snuffed out again.
No wonder these days, the queen doesn't see anything unusual, it turns out that the father and the queen have lied to the queen!
Yu Wenyao thought viciously, if the queen knew that her stillborn baby was transferred by the emperor, I don't know how she would feel?
"Your Highness, isn't the queen stillborn?" Jing Yan looked at the uncertain look on Yu Wenyao's face and asked tentatively.
"For the time being, it is impossible to conclude that the people in the delivery room are nowhere to be found, and it may be difficult to find out the truth. But even if you dig three feet into the ground, you have to find out about it! Send someone to Jiangnan to check the whereabouts of his father-in-law, as well as the burden in his arms! ”
Yu Wenyao is now with his hands and eyes, coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, the party to fight the same and disagree, and exclude dissent, the right to speak in the court has basically been controlled by him, and now he is only one step away from the throne, but the exiled imperial concubine makes him a little uneasy, although this is just speculation.
"Xiao Wenjun is not under the nose of this king, it is always a hidden danger." Speaking of which, the killing intent in Yu Wenyao's eyes was like substance, but at this moment, he didn't have the extra strength to strangle her.
What happened in the palace will be known to Xiao Wenjun sooner or later, she has always acted unexpectedly, and God knows if it will be unfavorable to her.
No way! He has been planning for many years, and it has been difficult for him to come to this point, and he must not be careless, and he must not destroy his current powerful position because of a small negligence.
"In the name of your father, you gave Xiao Wenjun a holy decree and ordered her to return to Beijing immediately." Yu Wenyao finally stopped and quickly gave an order to Jing Yan, a chill bursting out of his eyes.
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Shendu, Tianxianglou.
After settling Gonggong An and Yuwenrui, Xiao Wenjun and Wang Jiuyuan were in the secret room, discussing how to kill and return to Kyoto to rescue the emperor.
There was a knock on the door, and Ming Xiu walked in.
"Lord of the county, the holy decree has come to Kyoto, please go out to receive the decree." Ming Xiu looked weird, with doubts in his eyes.
Was it discovered? It's coming so fast!
Xiao Wenjun and Wang Jiuyuan exchanged glances and understood each other's conjectures.
"We went out to receive orders, and the others stayed in the building." Wang Jiuyuan instructed: "Protect the emperor's concubine and Father-in-law An, and don't make the slightest mistake." ”
As soon as he went out, he saw a big eunuch holding the holy decree in both hands, and more than a dozen guards followed behind him.
"Xiao Wenjun, take the order!"
Xiao Wenjun put his hands around his chest, calm and relaxed, looking at this group of people with very calm eyes, and did not mean to kneel down to accept the order.
The two sides were at a stalemate for a moment, one anxious and the other leisurely.
The big eunuch thought of Yu Wenyao's ruthless methods, and couldn't help but shudder, he couldn't hold it anymore, and it was important to finish it quickly.
No matter what royal majesty and how the people around him thought of it, he hurriedly read out the holy decree in his hand and hurriedly stuffed it into Xiao Wenjun's hand.
After listening to the holy decree, Xiao Wenjun had no expression on his face, but he was a lot relieved in his heart, it seemed that Yu Wenyao was still unable to deal with himself, intending to fake the emperor's holy decree and trick himself back to Kyoto.
"Did the queen give birth? What happened to the queen mother of the lord of the county? Xiao Wenjun asked suddenly.
The big eunuch was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said the prepared words, "The queen mother gave birth to a stillborn child, depressed, and His Majesty ordered the county lord to return to Beijing this time, also considering the deep relationship between the county lord and the mother and daughter, and enlighten the mother and mother, so that the mother can recover as soon as possible." ”
"Really? Such a great event happened in the palace! Xiao Wenjun showed just the right look of shock and disbelief.
"But it's not, the county lord, you better hurry back to the palace, don't delay any longer!" Seeing this, the chief eunuch thought that Xiao Wenjun had been deceived by this statement, and his heart was settled, and he followed her words and continued.
"Good! It just so happened that my grandmother left me some miraculous medicine, which had a good effect on the symptoms of the queen mother, so the lord of this county went back to Lanling to get it, and then quickly returned to Beijing! ”
"The small ones are just messengers, and the county lord decides for himself how to do it." The big eunuch arched his hand, and led the people to slip away quickly.
This time he was ready to be beaten, but he didn't expect Xiao Wenjun to be so easy to speak, if he doesn't leave at this time, when will he stay?
Wang Jiuyuan looked at the back of the group leaving, thoughtful.
Back in the secret room, Gonggong An was already waiting here, he had a full view of what had just happened in the dark, and when he saw Xiao Wenjun coming in, he asked.
"County Lord, can you borrow this holy decree from the old slave?"
"Father-in-law, please take a look."
Gonggong An stared at it for a moment, read a few more sentences in a low voice, and then spoke: "It's the holy decree in the palace, but Your Majesty won't make sentences like this on weekdays, and when the old slave left the palace, His Majesty repeatedly told the old slave not to let you go back to Kyoto." It's only been a few days, and then I've ordered you to go back, which is very contradictory! ”
"How dare you falsely proclaim the Holy Decree? Yu Wenyao is too bold! Wang Jiuyuan just felt that something was wrong with this group.
"It's not all fake! However, it can be seen that Yu Wenyao's control over the palace and the court is getting stronger and stronger! ”
"If that's the case, we're running out of time!" Wang Jiuyuan's heart tightened, and he said in a deep voice.
Not long after, He Hong took Mingyuan and came up from the tunnel, he wiped the blood stains on his body, and looked relaxed.
"Brother He is really amazing, I asked for so long, he didn't say a word, I didn't expect Brother He to work in less than a quarter of an hour, and the other party recruited everything!" After speaking, Mingyuan looked admiring.
He Hong has never been impressed by this kind of praise.
He Hong entered the secret room and found that almost everyone was there, so he directly said: "Master, they are taking the job in the Beijing Opera Garden, offering a reward of 1,000 taels of gold, killing Gonggong An, and seizing what he carried!" ”
"The group sent more than a dozen pairs of killers, but those killers were all led to the direction of Jiangnan, and only black and white were good at tracking, and they followed the trail from Jiangnan to Shendu."
There was only He Hong's crisp voice in the room, Wang Jiuyuan fell into deep thought, and from his report, he peeled back the cocoon, and repeatedly deduced from the holy decree just now.
"It can be seen that Yu Wenyao is not sure about the emperor's concubine yet, and he has not yet determined the whereabouts of Gonggong An, but this matter can't be hidden for long, judging from his current grasp of the imperial power, it is only a matter of time before he knows about it."
Xiao Wenjun said bluntly: "Jiuyuan is very right, this matter cannot be delayed, you and I, go to Lanling quickly!" ”
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Several people hurried to Lanling, and Xiao Wenjun's eldest brother Xiao Wenqing had been waiting for a long time.
Under Xiao Wenjun's instructions, Xiao Wenqing had already bought the Wenyuan Villa outside the city, which was used as a grain storage office, but now it has expanded the scale of the family and raised many powerful domestic servants.
"Third sister, something is wrong! The border is urgent, your second brother's army seems to be suspected of mutiny, originally every five days, he will send someone to bring back a letter of peace, this is a unique contact information belonging to the Xiao family, today has been eight days since the last time! ”
Xiao Wenjun vaguely felt a trace of unease, in his previous life, the second brother was captured in a military conflict with Xiliang and killed on the eve of Chinese New Year's Eve. In this life, she has written many times to remind her second brother Xiao Wenbin.
Unexpectedly, after all my calculations, something still happened.
In order to avoid long nights and dreams, Xiao Wenjun set off with Wang Jiuyuan and went to the border pass that night, firstly to solve the dilemma of the second brother, and secondly, once the matter is completed, he can directly bring a cavalry back to Beijing.