The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

"Tell me, what did you find?" Zhang Fan asked Wang Meng.

The reason why we want to investigate is not for no purpose, but to make things perfect. Although, when Queen Mother Li was selecting candidates, she didn't think too much about it. He was punished, but Empress Dowager Li didn't think about other things so carefully. Generally speaking, Empress Dowager Li didn't investigate anything at all, but gave Zhang Fan a name and asked him to deal with it.

Although this sounds a bit irresponsible, since Zhang Fan is a courtier, he really can't ask for more. Since there are orders from above, he has to do it, and this matter, he thinks It's not okay to be lazy and save trouble. After all, it's better to do your best and do it perfectly. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, the unlucky one will definitely not be Queen Li, but himself.

Therefore, in this short period of time, Zhang Fan asked Wang Meng and Liang Chao to check some things. These things were directly related to the difficulty of this matter, so they had to be checked.

"My lord, speaking of it, this matter is too much of a coincidence," Wang Meng said, "Before, the queen mother did not order my lord to do this, so we didn't pay attention to what was going on with King Duan, but after all It's the prince. We in Weizhong have surveillance on all the palaces, so when the lord gave the order, the accused immediately sent someone to investigate.

"In the end, it was really a coincidence. Two months ago, Zhu Fengquan, the son of King Duan, who was eight years old, came to the capital as a visit. After all, King Duan is a prince and he is not allowed to leave the Kingdom of Shu privately, so he did not follow him. Come on, only Zhu Fengquan and his party came here. After they arrived, they have been living in the palace. Moreover, the Empress Dowager Li did not want to see these people, and did not let His Majesty see Zhu Fengquan at all. Since the other party was just a child, Empress Dowager Li summoned him, but it only took a while, and she let him go without even saying a word.

"On our side, because the other party is a child, we didn't strictly monitor him, but Wei Zhong also sent people to the palace, but they were really serious. In the words of an adult, they were too low-key, and they also They are very cautious. On weekdays, when there is nothing to do, they hardly come out, and they are very strict with the people in the palace. Even if people go out on weekdays, they have to check, even if Zhu Fengquan goes out , but also to keep some people in the palace, in short, be very vigilant.

"But put these aside for now. There is one thing, which is the coincidence that the humble official said. On that day, that is, a month and a half ago, the court announced that His Majesty will come to Qiushou. This matter was not concealed, almost Everyone in the capital, whether they were in the imperial court or ordinary people, knew about it. Coincidentally, on the second day, a man came out of the palace and wanted to leave the city. , was accused of asking someone to investigate, and found that the reason for Sunrise City was to deliver a letter, "

"What did you say?" Zhang Fan was a little surprised when he heard the news from Wang Meng. "It was a letter delivery, at that time."

"That's right," Wang Meng nodded to Zhang Fan, and said, "This matter sounds a little unbelievable, but it is true. The accused also asked the person who guarded the city gate that day, and it is said that The person who sent the letter also took out the letter with the stamp of Duanwang's family on it. Because it was a letter from the palace, the gatekeeper had no right to check it, so he let the person go out, because this matter is not a big deal. , so the gatekeeper didn’t report it, but just wrote it down, and during this period of time, people checked many places, and they knew that they only found out about it yesterday.”

"Hahahaha..." After hearing Wang Meng's words, Zhang Fan burst out laughing, his voice was undisguised, very loud, and he didn't care what people outside would think when they heard it, "This is really God's help. , I was still worrying about this matter before, if we can't find something that works, we have to make one up, but what we make up is fake after all, even if we think it is complete, we can't keep it all There will be some omissions, and it will be troublesome at that time, and now, they have done such a thing, it is really good, good, good," Zhang Fan cannot be blamed for being presumptuous, after all, this matter is in his hands. It's been a while in his heart, although he didn't show any worry on the surface, but he still has worries in his heart. Now that the worries are gone, how can he not be presumptuous.

"What your lord said is that this is indeed a good thing, especially for us," but even so, Wang Meng still looked calm, the expression on his face didn't change much, he was very calm continued, "And it's not just that,"

"Oh." Hearing what Wang Meng said, Zhang Fan couldn't help but look at him. "Could it be a coincidence?" Originally, in Zhang Fan's opinion, he was already very happy that this happened. , he didn't ask for too much, as long as he could do that, it was enough, but after hearing what Wang Meng said, Zhang Fan couldn't help feeling that his good luck was not over yet, and what better news would Wang Meng tell him? of.

"That's what happened. Our spies in the palace told the humble official about this," Wang Meng said, "Actually, Zhu Fengquan and his party left Beijing yesterday, and because of this, our spies were able to get out." Come on, otherwise, the humble official will not get the news, "

"You said that Zhu Fengquan has left Beijing," Zhang Fan frowned when he heard the news. At first, the reason why he was able to promise Mrs. Li to do this matter later was because he knew that Zhu Fengquan was in Beijing, and that he would be there soon. He won't leave yet. Now that Zhu Fengquan is gone, it is not a good thing for Zhang Fan.

"Yes, but my lord, I feel that this is a good thing," Wang Meng said.

"Oh," Zhang Fan asked after hearing Wang Meng's words, "What is it, tell me."

"Actually, someone came to Beijing three days ago," Wang Meng said. "Coincidentally, that person was also a messenger, and the place he went happened to be the palace."

"Someone sent a letter to the palace," Zhang Fan's eyes lit up when he heard Wang Meng say this.

"Yes, according to our people, someone came to the palace that morning, and the people of King Duan didn't stop him and let him in. It was obviously someone sent by King Duan," Wang Meng said, "We In order to inquire about the news, the person almost exposed his identity, but he was also inquired. The person sent a letter. Although he didn't know what it said, the letter was only shown to Zhu Fengquan. It must have been written by Duan Wang himself. , On the same day, Zhu Fengquan and his party resigned from Queen Mother Li, and left the capital yesterday.

"I heard that Empress Dowager Li didn't stop me about this matter, and it took me an extra day to find out before I came over to tell your lord,"

Hearing this news, Zhang Fan was not only happy, but also wanted to go out and shout to vent his anger. This is really a great coincidence, and it also gave him an excellent opportunity. Moreover, Empress Dowager Li did not stop Zhu Fengquan and his party. Obviously, Empress Dowager Li is not mediocre in this regard. She must have figured out the truth immediately, so she let Zhu Fengquan and his party leave. As for why Queen Li I didn't tell Zhang Fan about this matter. First, now that Zhang Fan is here, it is impossible for Empress Dowager Li to come here in person. If I send someone to say it, there will be one more person who knows about this matter. Second, it is Empress Dowager Li. I believe that Zhang Fan can figure out the mystery of this, so she doesn't need to worry about it anymore.

As for Zhang Fan, he really would not disappoint others, he really thought of it.

"Now, don't blame me," Zhang Fan said, and he didn't know who he was talking to. "Originally, I still have some difficulties in handling this matter. After all, although he is arrogant, he is just After shouting like this, he can't do anything else, but now, if he does this, isn't he seeking his own death, "

The matter is indeed as Zhang Fan said, Zhu Xuanqi really wanted to kill himself by doing this, the letter sent to the southwest was on the third day after the court announced that Zhu Yijun would go to Qiushou, which clearly means that let Someone went to tell King Duan what Zhu Yijun was doing.

And the letter from three days ago was also clearly telling people that King Duan had already figured out what to do and asked someone to come and inform him.

What's more interesting is that Zhu Fengquan resigned from Queen Mother Li on the day he received this letter, and then left in a hurry yesterday. Didn't he tell people clearly what they were going to do? Don't people suspect things to them.

This is really true, "God helps me too," Zhang Fan once again sighed.

"My lord, the time, place, and people are all on our side," Wang Meng said while striking the iron, "What should we do now?"

"What did you plan to do with the matter I mentioned earlier?" Zhang Fan asked instead of answering Wang Meng.

"About Zheng Chengxian?" Wang Meng said, "Baizhi and Liang Chao thought about it, and felt that this matter is not very troublesome. After all, we are not serious about doing such a dangerous thing, as long as they catch it. , Give Zheng Chengxian this credit, I think it's a very simple answer, I have already prepared it, but, my lord, can you be sure, can we get him?"

"Of course there is no problem with this," Zhang Fan said confidently, "At that time, I will let you come over. This matter involves the royal family. With my relationship with His Majesty, and Zheng Chengxian's current request For me, it’s absolutely fine to be private.”

"In this way, the humble official can rest assured," Wang Meng said, "Please tell me, sir, when we will do it."

"Well, the day after tomorrow," Zhang Fan thought for a while, and said, "It's the day after tomorrow."