Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 112
Zhuangzi, Nancheng, Fuling County.

Li Cong left Zhuangzi directly after saying goodbye, and thanked him repeatedly before leaving, Zhang Jinyu had to comfort him before giving up.

Afterwards, having nothing to do, Zhang Jinyu squinted her eyes and rested for a while on the recliner in the village.

After a while, the doctor invited from the city arrived. Duan Hong arranged for people to come one by one. The doctor took out the medicine box and treated the wounds of those people one by one. Send the doctor back to the city.

After Zhang Jinyu was busy with the matter, he told Duan Hong that outside Zhuangzi, soldiers from the Pioneer Battalion would guard Zhuangzi outside the city, and then a small group of people were assigned to guard these servants, and some scouts were sent to pay attention to the movement of the water transport guard camp. Give the Governor a helping hand.

After hearing this, Duan Hong understood what Lord Hou meant, and personally arranged for the school lieutenant officer to watch with scouts to ensure that there would be no accidents.

Of course Zhang Jinyu is relieved of Duan Hong, a veteran. After explaining, he took the guards back to his courtyard in the city, first went to pay his mother's peace, and then saw that there was no one around, and secretly pulled Lan Yueer and Lan Shuer away for a while , Zhang Jinyu hugged her in her arms and raised and lowered her hands. She was so addicted to her hands that she reluctantly left until it was getting late outside.

Wanting to say goodbye, Lan Yue'er and Lan Shu'er blushed and ran away without saying a word.

Zhang Jinyu had no choice but to go back to the study alone, and came to the desk to see if there was any information passed on, when she heard footsteps coming from outside the door,
"Who?"

"Master Hou, I will finally report something to Ningbian."

"Come in."

Ning Bian stomped his feet outside the door, trying to chop off the mud from the soles of his feet, Zhang Jinyu hurriedly said;

"It's okay, don't stomp your feet. If it's dirty, someone will take care of it. Come in and keep warm."

"Thank you, Lord."

Ning Bian also hurried in, it was indeed cold outside, so he turned around and closed the door.

"It's okay today, nothing happened at the old camp, right?"

"Don't worry, Lord Hou, everything is fine, and the things are sorted out, so you can go straight to the road tomorrow."

"Well, what are you doing here?"

"Lord Hou, Shen Xueshi of Fuling County has made a move. In the evening, I heard that Li Cong, the commander of the guards of the Water Transport Yamen, visited the door, and then led the army out of the city to the camp of the guards overnight. He must have attacked the Central Guards."

"Okay, if you do it so soon, Brother Shen's opponent will feel uncomfortable."

Zhang Jinyu wasn't surprised either. She felt something about this when she entered the city. Shen Xueshi should have been playing a game of chess at that time. The purpose was to control all the rights of the Water Transport Yamen, otherwise the governor would step down in a few days.

Besides, when Li Cong came to look for him today, he clearly thought about his own way out, and he was just an introduction, they are all smart people.

Seeing Master Hou's expression of not being surprised at all, Ning Bian knew there was something else hidden about this matter, Ning Bian didn't ask, as long as Master Hou understood.

"Master Hou, then I won't ask any more. Lord Hou rests earlier, will we leave early tomorrow or later?"

"Let's go early, the delay is too long, I'm afraid the emperor is in a hurry. Besides, I also want to visit the capital, I heard that there is the authentic head of dragon veins."

"Hou Ye also believes in this, but it's just an excuse from the Dawu imperial family back then. If any blind man can calculate the fortune of the country, then why do we have to work hard?"

"Well, you're right, you can see it clearly. I'm just talking casually! Go down and rest."

"Yes, Lord Hou, you should also go to bed earlier."

Zhang Jinyu nodded, and Ning Bian also left respectfully.

Putting down the pen in his hand, Zhang Jinyu also felt a little sleepy, so he didn't go back to the house, and fell asleep in the inner bedroom of the study.

at night,

Li Cong led his confidant guards into the camp of the Water Transport Guards overnight, controlled several other generals, and together with Lord Yamen Tongzhi, escorted them back to Fuling County City and handed them over to the governor.

On the other hand, he arranged for his own people to control the camp overnight, and Dong Wan was directly promoted to the commander of the capital to be his deputy to assist in the management.

And Shen Xueshi in the city waved his hands when he saw the disobedient commanders and Tongzhi who were escorted here, and he was directly locked in the prison, waiting for his own trial.

Governor Shen looked at the sky outside the city. Finally, the rain was over and the sky cleared.

That night, Shen Xueshi suffered from insomnia, and decades of hard work finally came to an end.

The next morning,
The quiet night is gone forever, and the rumors of cocks and dogs barking are heard in the city, and a new day has begun.

Zhang Jinyu slept soundly last night, and had a dream. Lan Yueer, who came to dress her in the morning, blushed, and whispered, don't hold back, you can call yourself and Shuer if you think about it.

Zhang Jinyu almost didn't turn into a werewolf after hearing this, but it was getting late and he had to hurry, so he didn't speak, but just hugged Yue'er.

It took a long time for the two of them to put on their clothes and go out.

Zhang Jinyu had breakfast with her mother and second daughter, and was ready to leave.

The private courtyard and restaurant here are naturally in charge of their own people, and my mother has kept several maids in charge.

I bought a lot of servants, and there were also many maids and servants, all of whom were suffering.

After everything was packed and ready to leave, Zhang Jinyu, who had just walked out of the gate of the mansion, was stopped by Shen Xueshi's housekeeper.

"See Lord Hou, the younger one is the steward of Governor Shen's mansion who came to see Lord Hou off."

"Where's Brother Shen? Could it be that he was too excited last night and didn't fall asleep?"

"Uh, this Lord Hou is amazing. Last night, the master suffered from insomnia. He was resting there this morning because he was not in good spirits."

Zhang Jinyu didn't know that last night, this cheap old man won a big victory, and it was only a matter of time before he mastered the canal.

"Call me and my brother back, thank him for his hospitality, I will keep it in my heart."

"It's Master Hou. The younger one will definitely convey it. And Master Hou, the master asked the younger one to hand it over to you. The master said that you can't let your brother suffer in Fuling. You can't help with other things, but you can help with this matter."

The steward pulled out five 10 taels of banknotes from his pocket and handed them over. Zhang Jinyu took them over without hesitation. After a look, it was the banknotes he bought from Zhuangzi before. This old man has a heart.

"Tell Brother Shen, I know what he thinks, take care."

"Yes, Lord Hou! You must tell me, little one."

"Wei Yong! Set off, join the army outside the city."

"It's Lord Hou, let's go."

Wei Yong led the guards and escorted the convoy away slowly.

Zhang Jinyu also followed behind the convoy with his personal guards.

Beijing,

Dai Quan, who was interrogated in the middle of the night, also felt mentally and mentally exhausted. Although he went back home and took a half-night rest, he was not young after all, and he was exhausted in the morning.

Early this morning, Dai Quan had to force himself to get up, dressed and washed, even without breakfast, he took last night's confession and prepared to enter the palace.

In the side bedroom of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Emperor Wu Zhou Shihong had just woken up not long ago, looking at Concubine Wu Gui who hadn't gotten up yet on the imperial bed, he also smiled as usual, his prestige remained the same as before.

"Come here, serve me to wash up."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

All the maids and eunuchs in the Palace of Mental Cultivation gathered around to change and wash the Emperor Wu. After that, Zhou Shihong went directly to the Dining Hall to prepare for breakfast. This is a habit developed over the years. Breakfast must be full. Go as soon as you finish eating in the early morning, and if you don't have any, go directly to the Imperial Study Room.

Dai Quan naturally knew the emperor's preferences. He knew that at this time, the Holy Majesty must be eating breakfast, so he went straight to the dining hall. When he reached the door, he saw the Holy Majesty inside, so he adjusted his clothes subconsciously, and then entered respectfully. in the hall.

Emperor Wu Zhou Shihong had almost finished eating at this time. A drawer of steamed buns, a bowl of soup, four side dishes, and a steamed cake were all his favorites. When he saw Dai Quan coming, he put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hand, took Brocade wiped his mouth.

"Why did you come so early today, but things have progressed?"

"Your Majesty is wise, the servants discovered a few important things during the interrogation last night, so I dare not neglect them."

"Oh, a few big things, that is, there are other discoveries, tell me who is interested."

Emperor Wu had long guessed that there might be more than one faction interested in this, and it depended on who he could catch, as well as the four kings he was most worried about, this is a man-eating dragon.

Dai Quan didn't dare to be negligent, knowing the emperor's depression, he replied word by word;

"Returning to Your Majesty, first of all, another great religion has emerged in the northwest, the Fire Worship Sect, which seems to be as famous as the Taiping Sect."

Before he finished speaking, Emperor Wu snorted coldly.

"I didn't expect that after the White Lotus Sect was abolished, there would be more sects. Did it come from outside the territory or was it supported by King Xi?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, I checked the previous secret files. The Zoroastrian Cult came from the countries of the Western Regions, but it is not clear whether the King of the West is involved behind it. The King of the West has controlled the Northwest Business Road for a long time. Now that the general trend has been established, he must not dare to go too far. .”

"Then check slowly, don't be found out, it's not enough without him. If Xianbei enters the customs, the best way is to go to the northwest. Without Xi Wang's restraint, the northwest will be corrupted, but then again, without Xianbei's restraint of Xi Wang, it must be a separatist party." ah."

Dai Quan lowered his head and didn't answer, and Emperor Wu didn't make things difficult for him, and continued to ask if there was anything else.

"Returning to Your Majesty, five of them committed suicide. After checking by the servants, they are all dead soldiers. Three are from the Central Plains, and two should be from the south."

“How come you see?”

"These two have typical southern barbarian features, with long skulls, low faces, broad noses, low orbits, and protruding jaws, and their skin is better than that of northerners, so I guess they were sent from the south."

"Are you from the Taiping sect?"

"People from the Taiping Sect have already confessed."

The figure of Nanwang Langyun naturally appeared in Wuhuang Zhou Shihong's mind. If it wasn't him or someone else, the Nanwang Mansion, which claims to suppress a hundred kingdoms of barbarians, has a headache.

"It must be Nan Wang Langyun's person. Who else is there besides him in the south? You continued."

Dai Quan was a little hesitant, the following is the Beijing Prince's Mansion, and after talking about it, the Four Kings were involved,
"Returning to Your Majesty, there are two other people who confess that they are from the Beijing Palace. They came to check what happened."

"Hmph, what a coincidence!"

(End of this chapter)