The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

"If you want to talk about this matter, people feel that something is wrong," Liang Chao said, "Although, if you ask at that time, Zhao Zijie can also be said to be sent by the third princess, but if the princess wants to buy rouge, even if it is not Ordinary goods, if you specially ask someone to buy them, you shouldn’t let him be such a guard. You can just let the maids around you buy them. Zhao Zijie is going, there is obviously a problem,"

"Could it be that this rouge shop is the place where the person behind Zhao Zijie meets him?" Zhang Fan immediately thought of this possibility. After all, from the perspective of the situation, things should only be like this.

"I thought so too at first," Liang Chao said, "At that time, I followed Zhao Zijie there, because it was a rouge shop, and Zhao Zijie also recognized Humble, if Humble followed, he would be recognized, so At that time, the humble job was to ask someone to go to the yamen to find a woman. By the way, he also asked the yamen to check the details of this rouge shop. After checking, this rouge shop really didn't look like there was a problem.

"This store has been here for more than 70 years, and the shopkeeper of this store has not changed. They are all handed down by the same family, and they have not changed hands in the middle. All in all, as far as this store is concerned , really clean, no problem at all,"

"That is to say, there will be someone among them who will be the one who will connect with Zhao Zijie," Zhang Fan said in a vague manner.

"It should be like this," Liang Chao said. "Originally, not only some other people, including our Jinyiwei, if something happens somewhere, the metropolis will send people to investigate, and the people who are connected are naturally indispensable. , However, even if it is us, there is no good way to hide it. If there is only one person to connect, it is easy to hide it, but once something happens, it will not work. If it is to open a shop, it is a way, but, Once this shop is suspected, it will be troublesome. After all, the shop is not a person and will not run away by itself.

"But the method used by the people behind Zhao Zijie is really good. The store is not their own, and has nothing to do with them at all. Even if Zhao Zijie went here and was suspected by someone, no matter how hard he checked, he couldn't find out. anything.

"Later, when people from humble positions went in to inquire about news, Zhao Zijie had just left. After asking this question, it was true. I heard that the person Zhao Zijie was looking for was a woman in the shop. The rouge used by the third princess on weekdays was always made of She chose it, and it has been like this for three years. When our people wanted to see her, they couldn't find anyone. It is said that they have already gone out. Isn't this obvious? Zhao Zijie just left , the woman's back feet disappeared, obviously something is wrong.

"When our people were away, they asked about Zhao Zijie and that woman. I heard that Zhao Zijie came back here, probably three years ago, but he only came once in a while, mostly to buy things for the third princess. Rouge, two or three times a year is considered too much.

"The woman selling rouge, however, came here five years ago. I heard that she was in another place before, and she also made rouge. She found a job here."

"It's already been here five years ago..." Zhang Fan thought for a while after hearing Liang Chao's words, and said, "It seems that no matter who the people behind Zhao Zijie are, they definitely planned for a long time, although this Maybe it wasn't because of Zhu Xuanqi that the woman was placed in the Chengdu mansion five years ago, but I haven't seen anything that happened in Chengdu five years ago. From this point of view, no matter what these people are looking for, it is definitely what Zhu Xuanqi did five years ago, and someone will find out what happened five years ago ,"

"My lord, I feel that we don't need to investigate this matter, we will find out why tonight," Wang Meng said suddenly.

"Oh." Hearing what Wang Meng said, Zhang Fan naturally felt strange. Although Wang Meng would never say such unsure words, Zhang Fan still felt very strange when he said this.

"My lord, what happened in Zhao Zijie's mansion today is already a bit strange," Wang Meng said, "When my lord saw what happened to him that night, it has only been three days since then. In three days, I think there shouldn't be any movement, unless there is a little bit, unless the third princess has already found what he was looking for, "

"You mean, the Third Princess already knows where the thing Zhao Zijie is looking for is hidden," Zhang Fan asked.

"That's right." Nodding his head, Wang Meng continued, "Originally, I was not too sure about this matter, but I also asked people in the palace to ask about what happened before, and I learned that Zhao Zijie will go today. Seeing the third concubine, it was because the third concubine asked someone to find him first. Hearing this news, I can be sure that this is what happened.

"Besides, Zhao Zijie's matter of finding someone today is also strange to people. Just imagine, if the person who is the contact, in addition to passing on the news, it is also a major rule that he will not expose himself, but this woman is extremely abnormal today. After receiving the news from Zhao Zijie, she disappeared immediately. I am afraid that she went back to report the news.

"Also, today is already the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, and there are four days before the Chinese New Year. Now in the Shu Palace, there are many guards and others, patrolling, but the humble staff and Liang Chao came in, along the way What I saw was very loose, there was no warning at all, and it was easy for people to sneak in. This is the case during the day, and it is even more powerful at night, so I feel that I am afraid that the group of people will be killed tonight. Let's do it,"

"Tonight, although it sounds a little impatient, but looking at it this way, it really is what it is," Zhang Fan thought for a while, "It's just that if they do something tonight, there will be nothing in the Shu Palace. Ready, in this way, whether they will get that thing or not is second to none, I'm afraid they will hurt Zhu Xuanqi's life, if that's the case, it will be difficult for us.

"Although we say that our purpose is quite different from theirs, but if Zhu Xuanqi has any troubles because of this, there is no way to explain it to Queen Mother Li after going back. What Queen Mother Li wants is to let Zhu Xuanqi retreat in spite of the difficulties. Humiliate him. As for whether to kill him in the end, it is up to Empress Dowager Li to decide. If our reasons are sufficient, Empress Dowager Li may not be able to deal with it, but if he is killed by someone now If so, not only Queen Mother Li will be unhappy, but there may also be rumors outside that Queen Mother Li sent us to do it. After all, we are here now, and if this happens, we will all die."

"My lord, what should we do?" Liang Chao became a little anxious, not because he was only worried about his own life, but because if this happened, his own death would not be safe, "Is it hard for us to think so Watch them do that, but they can't make a move, "

"It's hard for us to help you with this matter," Zhang Fan said, "Could it be that I'm going to tell Zhu Xuanqi now that someone will come back to the palace tonight and it will be bad for him. Don't say he doesn't believe it then. , I am afraid that he will think that this is our old suspicion, trying to deceive him, "

"This..." Hearing Zhang Fan's words, Liang Chao lost his mind for a while.

"My lord, I have thought about this matter for a lowly position," Wang Meng said, "It's hard to help, it's not easy, but we have to help, or we will be in trouble, but , just as the adults said, it is really impossible to help clearly, otherwise we will get into a lot of trouble before we can help.

"However, obviously you can't help, but you can help secretly,"

"Wang Meng, you said you were helping secretly, how do you say that?" Zhang Fan asked hastily.

"It's actually very simple," Wang Meng said, "Since this group of people is coming tonight, it is natural that someone will help here. In fact, it is enough to leave only the two of you, Xiao Zhi and Liang Chao."

"Leave only the two of you," Zhang Fan looked at Wang Meng and Liang Chao in front of him, with a look of indecision, and said, "I'm afraid this is not good." It's not that Zhang Fan doesn't believe the two of you. Needless to say, it is enough to put it anywhere, and even Liang Chao, it seems that he doesn't do much on weekdays, but in fact Zhang Fan knows that after Wang Meng's teaching for so long, Liang Chao is better than those in the arena. Famous people are not bad at all, but no matter what, there are only two of them. If there are many people coming from the opponent, after all, two fists are no match for four hands.

"Don't worry, my lord, I have considered this matter before," Wang Meng said, "Although they are coming back tonight, it is because the third princess helped them find a place to put their things, but they are in such a hurry, I'm afraid it's because of their fancy." Now that the New Year is approaching and the guards are slack, it is such an opportunity. In this case, the plan to come to the other party is not to forcefully break in, but to sneak in. There are only a few, and when the time comes, Beizhi and Liang Chao will attack first, and the guards of the palace will rush over when they hear the movement, "

"Well, let's do it like this. You stay here tonight," Zhang Fan said. "Besides, I don't think this matter is so simple. Maybe it's an opportunity for us."