No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 432 10 taels? !

In the study of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, the steward opened the door and came in respectfully: "Master, Cao Mao has gone out."

Liao Wei, who was looking down at the file, raised his head and looked at the steward, who hurriedly said, "Master, don't worry, the little one has already been followed by him. They are all veterans, so he won't find out."

Only then did Liao Wei nodded, put down the file in his hand and said, "It's okay to be discovered."

The steward was taken aback for a moment, obviously not understanding what his master was thinking.

After hesitating for a while, the steward still said: "Master, the Cao family and our family are in-laws after all. If the Cao family finds out, the lady..." If the Cao family knew that they were following Cao Mao, the Cao family might have a bad opinion of the lady in the future. Opinions are not good for the relationship between the two.

Liao Wei snorted softly, and asked, "Do you believe that he just came to celebrate Mr. Feng's birthday?"

"This..." The steward was a little hesitant, and he didn't dare to make a statement for a while.

Liao Wei said: "Mr. Feng is not going to celebrate his birthday this year. Something like that happened at the end of last year. The Empress Dowager's funeral has just passed. The Feng family has not distributed a birthday post yet. Does the Cao family know that Mr. Feng does not plan to hold a birthday this year?" feast?"

The steward said: "After all, he is Master Cao's father-in-law, maybe it's just a gift to show filial piety?"

Liao Wei said: "Cao Mao is Cao Mian's nephew, so it's not his turn to run errands."

What Liao Wei didn't say was that what concerned him most was the attitude of the regent.This Cao Mao's arrival was too coincidental, no wonder he was cautious.

"Go ahead, let people keep an eye on him, and report back immediately if there is anything important." Liao Wei waved his hand.

The steward didn't dare to ask more questions, so he exited respectfully.

Liao Wei was the only one left in the study. He stared fixedly at the file in front of him, but his mind was no longer on it.

He suddenly thought of a question, none of the direct descendants of the Cao family stayed in the capital, not even Chun Wei.Is Cao Mian really not sure about his son's strength, or does he not want them to come to Shangyong at all?
On the other side, Cao Mao went out of the Shangshu Mansion and walked around the city twice before entering an inconspicuous house in the city.

There were already several people waiting for him in the house, and when they saw Cao Mao coming in, they hurried forward to salute, "Young Master Mao!"

Cao Mao glanced at a few people and frowned, "Why are you the only ones? Where are the others?"

Several people looked at each other, and there was obviously a bit of confusion in their eyes.

Cao Mao waved his hand a little irritably: "Forget it, let me tell you about your situation first."

The leader said respectfully: "Young Master Hui Mao, we found Luo Ran near Yangxin, and we have dealt with him five days ago. Afterwards, we received a letter from Cao Guanling, saying that a man named Chen Xun was about to arrive at Shangyong. , let us come to help. However, after we arrived at Shangyong, we did not find them, nor did we find any trace of Chen Xun. If Cao Guanling had not already dealt with Chen Xun, I am afraid...Chen Xun has already entered Shangyong Imperial City gone."

Seeing Cao Mao's ugly face, the man quickly handed over a roll of cloth covered in blood, and said, "I found this from Luo Ran."

Cao Mao opened it and took a look, sneered, crumpled the cloth and threw it on the table.

Cao Mao glanced at everyone and said: "These days, you will continue to make unannounced visits around the city, make sure that everyone above here is arrested. These sour scholars want to stab the matter to the court, and they don't even look at them. No such ability!"

"Yes, young master." The man responded, seeming to recall something and said cautiously: "Young master, I'm afraid it's not as convenient to do things in the imperial city as outside, should we still..."

Cao Mao glanced at him coldly and said, "You forgot what Eldest Young Master said before you left?"

The man's heart trembled, and he quickly cupped his hands and said: "This subordinate understands, cut the weeds and root them out!"

Cao Mao snorted and murmured unhappily, "If it wasn't for Uncle's kindness and softness, how could there be so many things?" If the entire Yunhai Academy was wiped out from the beginning, how could those who are powerless The scholar escaped?It also saved him the hard work of this trip.

"Whoosh!" A cold arrow suddenly shot in from outside, Cao Mao was startled and leaned over to avoid it.The people in the hall were also shocked. They pulled out their weapons and looked outside vigilantly. The two standing behind had already rushed out.

However, there was no one in the courtyard quietly, as if the arrow appeared out of thin air.

The person who went out to check soon came back, shaking his head solemnly, obviously not seeing anything.

Only then did Cao Mao come back to his senses, and stood up angrily, leaning on the chair.

"My lord, there is a letter on the arrow." The man reminded.

Cao Mao, who had just brushed shoulders with death with a pale face, looked at the feather arrow nailed into the back of the chair he was sitting on just now, and saw that the arrow had completely sunk into the back of the chair, and a letter was tied to the arrow.

If this arrow is shot at him, I'm afraid it will shoot him through, right?

Cao Mao took a deep breath, stretched out his hand to take down the letter and opened it, his face became distorted and hideous in an instant.

For the most common envelopes and paper, even the ink used is unremarkable.The handwriting is even similar to the Taige script used for imperial examinations, with no distinctive features at all.

The content of the letter is also very simple - I want Cao An to prepare 10 taels of silver and send it to Asakusa Lane in the west of the city within two days, otherwise the Cao family will be invited to Dali Temple to lead the people, and they will not wait after the deadline.

Seeing the contents of the letter, Cao Mao felt a chill behind his back for the first time, and a chill rushed into his heart.

He just arrived in Shangyong yesterday, and he came to this place for the first time today, and he was approached by someone without even making a pot of tea.It can be seen that the other party has long been eyeing the Cao family and him.

Cao An betrayed the Cao family!Other than that, he couldn't think of any other reason.

"Damn!"

"Master Mao?" Seeing his appearance, the others all looked over.

Cao Mao said with a gloomy face: "Cao An's group of people may have fallen into the hands of others, maybe... even this Chen Xun has fallen into the hands of those people."

"Then... what shall we do?" The leading man was also very worried.

Cao Mao asked, "How many people do we have in Shangyong?"

The man said: "Just... us people, others... probably haven't been to Shangyong." Those scholars are quite thoughtful, but after all, they are all nerds who have never been out of the house and can only read.It is already quite remarkable that one of them ran to Shangyong and the other went to Yangxin before being caught by them.The others may have been arrested or dealt with within a few days of leaving Qingzhou.

"..." Cao Mao remained silent.

Just these few people, even with the addition of the Cao family's original manpower left in the capital, it may not be enough to deal with those who dare to threaten the governor of Qingzhou.

In the Prince Regent's Mansion, Luo Junyao sat behind the desk writing and drawing seriously with a serious expression.Not far from the other side, Xie Yan was also sitting behind the desk reviewing papers.The two were doing their own things, and the study was harmonious and quiet.

Duoying came in from the outside, cupped his hands respectfully and said, "My lord, my concubine."

Luo Junyao put down his pen and raised his head, smiling, "Are you back? Are you done?"

Die Ying said: "Princess, don't worry, it's already done. There are people watching around the place where the Cao family gathered, but we found that there is another group of people watching them."

Luo Junyao was a little surprised, "Is there someone else staring at them?"

Xie Yan raised his head and said, "Liao Wei's people?"

Die Ying nodded and said, "It's from the Liao family."

Luo Jun said: "What is Liao Wei staring at that Cao Mao? Isn't he in-laws with the Cao family?"

Xie Yan stood up and walked to her side, looked down at what she had written, and replied: "Liao Wei is a very cautious person, I mentioned the Cao family in front of him yesterday, and Cao Mao came to him. Of course he wants to investigate. Leave him alone, just don't let the Liao family find you." The last sentence was said to Duoying.

Die Ying nodded in agreement, and asked again: "Princess, it's unlikely that Cao Mao can collect 10 taels of silver in two days, right?"

Luo Jun smiled and said: "Do you really think he will give you the money? He can't get the money, but it is impossible for him not to go to Asakusa Lane to have a look. Those old and weak women and children in Asakusa Lane and Mr. Bian just moved away Already? Let’s borrow his old man’s name and place.”

Folding Ying immediately understood, "What does the princess mean to make the Cao family think that they are being targeted by Shangyong's secret underground forces?"

"Chen Xun accidentally ran into the hands of people in Qiancao Lane, and then those people thought they could take the opportunity to defraud the Cao family, isn't it reasonable?"

"If Cao Mao launches an attack, will we take the opportunity to wipe them all out?"

Luo Junyao couldn't help but rolled his eyes, and sighed, "Dieying, have you lost your head after staying in Shangyong for a long time? Why bother to catch them all at once? You can lead troops to surround that yard right now." gone."

Duoying looked at Xie Yan silently, His Royal Highness the Prince Regent played with the ends of the princess's hair, nodded and said: "Yao Yao is right."

Luo Jun said earnestly and earnestly: "As for the few members of the Cao family, let alone the Prince Regent's Mansion, even the real old Mr. Bian would not dare to do anything. Unless he can mobilize the Cao family's contacts in Shangyong, the premise is that those people are willing to fight. Support him unconditionally regardless of the consequences. Whether he is sincere or just wants to stall for time to find another way, he will definitely negotiate with you, and then we will take the opportunity to ask for cooperation with them."

It was only then that Die Ying suddenly realized, and the look in Luo Junyao's eyes became a little more frightened.

The princess wants them to break into the Cao family?Is this really the idea that the princess came up with?She is only 17 years old this year, right?

Luo Junyao looked at him with a smile, and said: "In short, the matter is like this, you should think about what to do."

Die Ying went to look at Xie Yan. Xie Yan was leaning on the back of the chair with one hand, and leaning on the table with the other hand, carefully looking at the file in front of Luo Junyao, apparently ignoring him.

Die Ying has been by Xie Yan's side for many years, so she naturally understands what the prince means.

"Yes, princess."

After Die Ying resigned and left, Luo Junyao sighed and said, "Die Ying is fine with everything, but she is too serious."

Xie Yan picked up a pen to help her outline a few strokes on the file, and said, "Die Yingben is not good at these things. They are born as guards and have been with me all year round, so they are more suitable to obey orders and perform tasks."

Luo Jun said: "But Leng Shuang is gone, and Boss Cui is gone too. Gu Jue has to manage the army, and Wei Changting is now the Secretary of the Ministry of Households, and he has no time to help you. Lord, don't you think that your hands Is it a bit shabby down there?"

Xie Yan smiled, and said: "My concubine is right."

"So?" Luo Jun asked, blinking his eyes.

Xie Yan said: "Ye Feng is almost in good health, he can follow you to do business in the future. There is also Qu Fang... but Qu Fang probably can't help you, at most he can only be a master of body protection. If the princess is really short of people, I can recommend a few to you, but whether you can let them do things for you is your own business."

Luo Junyao remembered Ye Feng, the young man who was exchanged with Song Wenyue, Yu Mingqiu and others last year.He had some heart and lung problems at that time, but under the masterful hands of Master Xue, he has almost recovered.

But Luo Junyao was curious about who Xie Yan wanted to recommend to her.

"Who?"

Xie Yan said: "Xie Xiao, Zheng Jingchuan, Xu Chengyu."

Luo Junyao was a little surprised, "Xie Xiao is about to take part in the test this year, right? Boss Cui left and he didn't make a fuss or follow him. He must want to comfort Princess Ancheng. And Zheng Jingchuan and Xu Chengyu..."

Luo Junyao looked at Xie Yan quietly: "You two dudes, are you kidding me?"
Xie Yan raised his hand to touch her cheek and said, "These two people are both masters. Although they don't practice kung fu very well, they are not stupid. The most important thing is that few people in their backstage dare to provoke them. "

Luo Jun shook his head and said, "Are you implying that I win Cheng Guogong's mansion and Xu family?"

Xie Yan said: "That fat boy from the Zheng family is still in the palace, how can he be regarded as a win-win? As for Xu Chengyu, it is also appropriate to let him run errands for you."

Luo Junyao quickly understood the benefits of this.

It is much more convenient to use these two hard backstage dandies to handle things than ordinary subordinates. Many people and things will have completely different effects if they are handled by another person.

The most important thing is that Chengguo Duke's Mansion and Changzhao Princess Mansion have a good relationship with the Prince Regent's Mansion, why can't it be better?

"Wouldn't Cheng Guogong's mansion and Sister Changzhao be distressed?"

Xie Yan said: "They will only thank you. Before, the imperial sister said that the son-in-law was restrained by his parents and could not discipline Xu Chengyu ruthlessly, and wanted him to follow me."

"..." You didn't like it, so you pushed it to me, right?

Xie Yan seemed to see what she was thinking, raised his hand and patted the top of her head and said: "If there is a lack of people around me, I can be selected from the Jinshi of Jinke, and no matter how bad I am, I can also transfer people from the Zhen Guojun. It's okay to bring two dudes Useful."

Luo Jun smiled and turned around and put his arms around his waist, raised his head and said with a smile: "I know, A Yan gave it to me on purpose." There is still a big difference in the attractiveness of talents between the regent king and the regent princess.

Even if Xie Yan is selfish, it is not easy for him to be admitted to a Jinshi or make some military achievements after ten years of hard work, but he is sent to follow the regent princess, and he is still not sure why he is depressed.

If someone is more arrogant, he probably thinks that the regent has insulted his talents, and his color makes him lose his mind.After all, the vast majority of people who become officials want to govern the country and the world, not to do chores behind the princess.

Sure enough, a dandy with nothing to do is more suitable for her.

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