The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

It has been two months since Zhang Fan brought back most of the people sent to the southwest. Of course, although it was said that they were withdrawn, in fact, they did not really withdraw to Zhili generation. It is staying in Chengdu Mansion, the distance is not very far.

The purpose of Zhang Fan's doing this is just in case. He hasn't heard from Fang Yueling yet, so he doesn't know what will happen next, and how Fang Yueling will arrange it. Isn't it too troublesome for Zhang Fan to transfer these people back and then over again, so he simply let them stay in Chengdu Mansion, which is not too far away, for future actions.

But it has been almost two months, and Zhang Fan has not received any news from Fang Yueling. Although Zhang Fan is not as anxious about this matter as before, the news has never come. There is no rush inside, which is also fake.

Moreover, because Fang Zhenqian was the reason for the two people's transaction at the beginning, in Zhang Fan's view, Fang Yueling did not seem to be able to deceive him. More importantly, Zhang Fan believed that Fang Yueling would not deceive him at all. For Zhang Fan, it meant that she didn't care about her father's life at all, and it also showed that Fang Yueling didn't intend to be with those who were planning to rebel.

But some people don't see it that way.

"My lord, you are worrying about things in the southwest again," Wang Meng couldn't help asking seeing Zhang Fan frowning.

"That's right," Zhang Fan said with a sigh, "It's been two months, why don't you say anything about Fang Yueling?"

"My lord, it's not that I have doubts about my lord's severance. The situation was critical at that time, and it was helpless for my lord to hastily agree to Fang Yueling's request," Wang Meng said with a serious face. It is not someone who can be trusted. These people who walk the rivers and lakes usually always talk about the word 'loyalty', but when it comes to the critical moment, how many people can follow it, not to mention, those of us in the court, in those In the eyes of people, it is even more unrecognized.”

"I know what you said," Zhang Fan said, "but Fang Yueling has no reason to lie to me at all. After all, this matter is related to the safety of her father Fang Zhenqian, so she probably won't take her father's life to deceive me." me,"

"Although this possibility is very small, we still have to guard against it," Wang Meng replied, it seems that in his opinion, there are no absolutes in this world.

"Also," Zhang Fan continued, "If she had been like this, she wouldn't have let me go, wouldn't it be better to just kill me?"

"My lord, it has nothing to do with whether she wants to harm my lord," Wang Meng said, "On the contrary, from the humble point of view, if she doesn't hurt my lord, the problem is even bigger."

"How do you say that?" Zhang Fan asked.

"My lord is a fan of the authorities," Wang Meng said, "I have encountered this kind of situation many times before, my lord can think about it, no matter if it is the yamen of the imperial court or a gang in the rivers and lakes, there must be someone who is the leader, and the bigger the gang Yes, the more important the yamen is, once the leader is gone, it is natural to quickly re-elect someone to go up.

"Fang Yueling understands very well in her heart. If she said that she harmed the lord at that time, although she could do it for a while, it would not be able to solve the problem at all. Please forgive the disrespect. And if it stops, there will definitely be someone new to take the position of commander immediately, and in that case, her Five Poison Sect will also be charged with the crime of killing the imperial court official, and it is our Jinyiwei, this is not something that can be released If it is possible, Wei Zhong will definitely pursue this matter vigorously at that time, and try his best to avenge the adults, so as to relieve this embarrassment that can be regarded as a big embarrassment in the eyes of other yamen, especially Dongchang.

"So, speaking of it, not only is she not doing any good by killing the lord, but she will also cause a lot of trouble. Instead of doing that, it's better to just be like this,"

After hearing Wang Meng's words, Zhang Fan was silent for a moment, and said, "You mean, the reason why she said she wanted to make a deal with me was not sincere, but to make us numb. So that the Southwest side can act, "

Nodding his head, Wang Meng replied: "If she didn't sincerely cooperate with the adults, then she must have such an idea."

Zhang Fan lowered his head, thought for a while, then suddenly raised his head, looked at Wang Meng and said, "But this is not right, Fang Yueling is not a fool, does she think we are so stupid, even if she wants to marry us Numb and careless, but if there is no news for such a long time, doesn't she know that we will be suspicious? If so, then wouldn't it be pointless for her to do so? It's only been two months, two months For them, what can they accomplish in a month, not to mention that we are not alone in the Southwest, and the recent Southwest does not seem to have changed much from the past, "

"This..." Hearing Zhang Fan's analysis, Wang Meng didn't know what to say for a while.

What Zhang Fan said is not wrong at all. If it is true as he said, the purpose of Fang Yueling and Zhang Fan's deal is to make them relax their vigilance. It would be too annoying not to write for such a long time I doubt it. Not only will this not achieve the goal, but it will make Jin Yiwei pay more attention, which is not worth the candle.

"My lord, my lord," Liang Chao hurried in at this moment, "That Fang Yueling has sent a letter."

Liang Chao's words made Zhang Fan and Wang Meng look at each other and fell silent. No matter how you look at it, this scene should only appear in operas, but now, I didn't expect that the two were still discussing this matter just now. , Fang Yueling's news has arrived, it really feels a bit meaningful.

Zhang Fan took the letter from Liang Chao, and looked at the cover. There was only Zhang Fan's personal signature, and the inscription was in a square character. The letter had already been opened, and he was probably checking the letter for any problems.

Zhang Fan was not in a hurry to open the letter, but asked, "How did this letter come about?" He didn't ask what the letter said, but asked about the origin of the letter.

"It's a bit strange to say about it," Liang Chao said. "I don't know who threw this letter into our house on South Street. The brothers who received the letter immediately went out to check, but nothing but Except for the bustling passers-by, I didn't find a suspicious person. It seems that the other party has found out where we are, and deliberately chose such a crowded place to post the letter. Obviously, they don't want us to know, "

Hearing what he said, Zhang Fan didn't ask any more questions. The other party obviously made a careful plan so that they couldn't track it down. Although Zhang Fan could order his subordinates to track it down, and it was estimated that they would be able to find out in the end, but It didn't make much sense, and he wasn't going to do it.

Taking out the letter, Zhang Fan read it.

The handwriting on the letter was very beautiful, obviously it was written by a woman, probably Fang Yueling herself. There were only two letters sent, and only the first one had words on it, and the length was very short.

The general meaning is that Zhang Fan is asked to send some smart men to Mengding Mansion. On the third day of June, at half past the morning hour, at a local teahouse called Cuimingxuan, someone will bring a piece of tea with a special pattern. Yupei, over there is the person who connects.

On the second piece of paper, there was a pattern that Zhang Fan had never seen before. The sun and moon symbols were particularly obvious. It definitely wasn't drawn by hand, but printed.

In my heart, I especially emphasized that Zhang Fan should send the most shrewd and capable people.

Zhang Fan didn't speak, but handed the letter to Wang Meng.

"My lord, what is this Fang Yueling planning?" Wang Meng said with some doubts after reading the letter.

"Either she really wants to cooperate with us," said Liang Chao, who already knew what the letter said, "or she just wants to get rid of our good people,"

"It's impossible to get rid of our people," Zhang Fan said, "I don't believe she doesn't understand, we have so many capable people, she can't get rid of them all at once, even if Fang Yueling doesn't know about us I don't believe she can't think of this, "

"Then, what your lord means is that Fang Yueling really wants to cooperate with us," Liang Chao asked.

"I don't know," Zhang Fan replied.

Zhang Fan's answer made the two of them a little silent, but when they thought about it carefully, it was indeed the case. The content of the letter was really too little. It was really hard for others to figure out what to say from these few words alone. .

Wang Meng asked: "What does your lord mean..."

"We have no other choice at the moment, so we will send people to the appointment, and we will send the smartest and most capable people among our brethren in Chengdu Mansion according to what she said in the letter, and she didn't say how many people , just go to three or five people, oh, yes, try to let people who are born in the Southwest go." Zhang Fan didn't think about it, and said immediately, "But just in case, I'm sending a few people, Guard in and outside the teahouse, and follow them later to see what they want to do, be careful, don't be discovered, this matter is settled like this, I will write a letter later, today is almost sent to Chengdu Mansion, "

"Yes," Wang Meng and Liang Chao replied in unison.

Afterwards, Wang Meng wanted to say something, but saw Zhang Fan waving his hand, so he kept silent, turned and walked out.

Zhang Fan was the only one left in the room. He was thinking about this matter at the moment, and everything seemed to be fake, but Zhang Fan couldn't believe it completely.

But Zhang Fan didn't know that a big event would happen in a few days, and he couldn't care about other things for a few months.