The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

Of course, regardless of whether Tang Wu's death was a coincidence or someone did it on purpose, those murderers must be found no matter what. The imperial court, the army, or the Jinyiwei have not been able to find them after so many days. If it is not that they have a serious problem, it is that someone deliberately hid them, and these two situations, no matter what they are, are worthy of suspicion .

However, Zhang Fan also considered another possibility. Perhaps, these people have already been silenced. Of course, if this is the case, it will still make people feel suspicious.

That is to say, no matter what, there are problems with these people. If this is the case, it is easy to say, as long as you find these people, at least you can know more than you do now.

Zhang Fan's purpose is not to solve the case. This kind of matter is not under the control of the Jinyi Guard. It should be the local yamen to worry about. It doesn't matter at all, what Zhang Fan really wants to know is whether this matter has anything to do with Wang Gao, that's the truth.

But now, this person has not been caught yet. Although this small city has been searched almost all over under the search of the yamen and the secret investigation of Jin Yiwei, it has not been found until now. , but it should not be far away, and there are really not many places that have not been searched. If you are lucky, you will be able to find someone tonight. Even if you are not lucky, it will be tomorrow or the day after tomorrow at most.

However, if it is okay to talk tonight, but if it is tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, Zhang Fan will be in trouble. After all, Zhang Fan has already told Li Rusong before, and he will leave for Su Dian to find Li Chengliang tomorrow morning. up.

Of course, if Wang Degui finds someone and asks Wang Degui to lock him in the yamen, the people in the yamen will not know about it. What's more, Zhang Fan's purpose is to find out from these people, and see what happened to Tang Wu this time. Is there any problem after all.

"If that's the case, you should work hard these two days and find him quickly," Zhang Fan said to Wang Degui. Obviously there is something weird, I need to find out more, I will go to Su Dian tomorrow, at that time all the affairs here will be handed over to you, Degui, you have to show me clearly, "

"My lord, don't worry," Wang Degui nodded, and said, "I will definitely live up to my lord's expectations, but my lord wants to go to Sudian, I'm afraid..."

"What's wrong with Su Dian?" Hearing that Wang Degui also mentioned Su Dian, Zhang Fan couldn't help being a little curious. Although he knew about Su Dian's situation in the capital, it was not as good as Wang Degui who actually arrived a few days earlier. Now that Wang Degui brought up the matter of Su Dian, Zhang Fan naturally wanted to ask about it.

"No, it's not that there is anything wrong with Su Dian," Wang Degui said. "After I came here, I also asked about Su Dian. Now the six castles built by General Li actually don't have our yamen. No, Not to mention our yamen, there is not even an imperial government yamen, no matter what it is for defense, it is all under the jurisdiction of General Li's soldiers, although we also have people there, but there are only a dozen or so in a fort That's all, some are still lurking, and they have to put on a show on weekdays. If the adults go there, if there is any danger, I'm afraid there are not many people who can use them. The humble job is to worry about the safety of the adults."

"I know this," Zhang Fan said, "but I don't think it's a big deal. For one thing, Wang Gao won't commit any serious crimes now, and even if he encounters any danger, at most Wang Gao is really as good as I said. As I guessed, it shouldn’t be a problem for me to send people to assassinate. I have Wang Meng and Liang Chao by my side. What’s more, Li Chengliang is there. When the time comes, under the siege of the army, no matter how powerful the assassin is, he will have to catch him without a fight. .

"By the way, Li Chengliang is currently in Su Dian. Today, because he said he would go directly to Su Dian to find him, he forgot to ask Li Rusong when he came back. Is there any news here?"

"I heard that General Li will return to Guangning in ten days and a half months," Wang Degui said. Asked, so I inquired beforehand, and now Zhang Fan asked, and the answers were naturally fluent.

"Ten days and a half months..." Zhang Fan thought for a while, and said, "It's easy to deal with. I will leave for Su Dian tomorrow. I think it will take two or three days at most to get there. By then I just came back with Li Chengliang, although it was said that this time I was only here to pass the decree, but the court is really fine now, all eyes are fixed on this side, it will be better if I stay here for a while.

"That's the thing, Degui, it's still early, you won't be suspicious if you go back now, after you go back, pass my order, let the people below step up the search, find those people earlier, Ask to understand, "

"I understand," Wang Degui clasped his fists and said, "In this case, I will leave now." After saying that, Wang Degui left.

"My lord, now it seems that this matter really makes sense to my lord," Wang Meng said to Zhang Fan at the side, "I didn't think it was a humble job at first, but now listening to my lord, I'm afraid this is unavoidable. "

"Actually, I've always wanted to feel lucky." Zhang Fan felt a little helpless when he heard Wang Meng's words, "Now that these people can't be found, it seems like the last thing we want. , but it’s not necessarily true. Maybe these people are more familiar with this place, and maybe they can escape our people’s search. Maybe it’s really a coincidence that these people killed Tang Wu, but they haven’t been caught yet. People, it's useless for us to guess, we still have to wait until we catch people before we can find out,"

"I hope this is just a coincidence," said Liang Chao on the side, but when he saw Zhang Fan's not-so-good expression, his voice gradually dropped. Although he said so, but now Everyone knows that the possibility of this incident being a coincidence is really too low.

"By the way, my lord," Wang Meng asked again, "just now my lord said that I want to stay here for a while before returning to the capital. How long does my lord plan to stay here?" The question Wang Meng asked was obviously concerned about Zhang Fan's safety. Considering, obviously, although it is said that Wang Gao's talks with Taining people are not smooth because of the loss of his generals years ago, but this can be delayed by at most a month, even if it is counted from today, at most At most, there are still more than two months to go, and the war is about to start. If Zhang Fan really stays here until then, he will inevitably be caught in this big battle again. This kind of thing, Wang Meng was not optimistic. Even in the army, he didn't think it was safe. That's why he asked this question because he was actually worried about Zhang Fan's safety.

"There's no need to worry," Zhang Fan naturally understood what Wang Meng meant, smiled, and said, "Although I plan to stay for a while, I don't plan to wait until the war starts, or even wait until the battle is over." Let's go again, after all, even if there is nothing important in the capital now, I am afraid that even Li Chengliang will not want me to stay here. Army, we will go back to Beijing in at most a month's time."

Hearing what Zhang Fan said, Wang Meng was obviously relieved a lot, and then asked: "Speaking of the matter of supervising the army, my lord, does the court have this plan this time?" Wang Meng is also somewhat concerned about this matter, and now The situation in the Northeast is like this, there must be a battle, but this battle is also a must-win situation, but if the court sends another supervising army... Of course, even if there is a shit-stirring stick, I am afraid that with Li Chengliang With the current strength and the prepared situation, there is no need to be afraid of anything at all, but obviously, those who can win a big victory have become small victories, and those who can kill a few people have killed a lot more people. It's good. Wang Meng, who was born in the army, can be said to hate the supervising army extremely. After Zhang Fan mentioned it, he couldn't help asking to understand.

"It's strange to say that this time, the court really didn't have such a plan," Zhang Fan said with a smile, "In the past, most of the people who supervised the army were eunuchs in the palace. You need to get credit one at a time, climb up and so on, but in today's court, Feng Bao's family dominates, unless he nods in agreement, otherwise other eunuchs who want to go this way, I'm afraid they will not be far from death Now that Feng Bao has gone through what happened last time, his temperament has completely changed. I reckon that even if someone wants to be the supervisor this time, I am afraid that Feng Bao will not agree. This time it all depends on how Li Chengliang uses his troops."

Zhang Fan's words also made Wang Meng feel relieved.

"But my lord, it's too late to go back in a month," Liang Chao asked, "No matter what happens in the capital, it's the capital after all, so what if..."

"Now we are in the Northeast, which is much closer to the capital than when we were in Sichuan." Zhang Fan didn't care about this matter, "and now all the people in the court are looking at this side, even if no one speaks. , but they are also watching very closely. It is very difficult for other people to do something at this time. This month, no, I am afraid that until the end of this war, nothing will happen in the capital. , we can feel at ease, we will return to Beijing in a month, a month later, I am here, but I am also concerned about something, I want to see, "