He was careless, he was indeed careless, he even forgot to be vigilant, damn it, damn it! As his horse was galloping, Xiao Wei blamed himself in annoyance, even though he had already heard about this from the guard who came to report the news.
The loss was not too big, but Xiao Wei still couldn't forgive himself for his carelessness, so the mistake he made this time was really big - knowing that
Dao said that these good horses were the focus of attention from all parties, but they did not send more manpower to take strict precautions. This was already a big mistake. And knowing that Wang Zheng was not reliable, he sent him to be responsible for security. Then
The mistakes were made after mistakes. If Yan Yunxiang had not been loyal to his duties this time, only God knows how many of these good horses would have been left.
In front of the messy "Tang Ji Trading Company" horse pen, Wang Zheng and several palace guards were patrolling back and forth in a serious manner. Suddenly he raised his eyes and saw Xiao Wei leading the crowd rushing towards him, and he quickly straightened his clothes.
, stood respectfully by the road, and as soon as Xiao Wei's horse stopped, Wang rushed forward in a hurry, saluted respectfully and said, "I see you, the young prince."
"Yeah." Xiao Wei didn't bother to pay attention to Wang Zheng, and said something expressively in return. He got off his horse, strode to the horse pen, looked at the safe and sound horses, and paid no attention to Wang Zheng.
He was waiting anxiously for instructions, and strode towards the Yan brothers who were standing not far away.
"See you, young prince." When the Yan family brothers saw Xiao Wei coming over, they each bowed and saluted.[
"Well done. The little king has heard about what happened last night. Yunxiang, thanks to your command this time." Xiao Wei showed a smile on his flat face and gave a very kind and sincere smile.
He raised his hand to indicate to the Yan brothers to excuse themselves.
"My dear prince, thank you very much. This is Yunxiang's duty." Yan Yunxiang did not feel any abnormality due to Xiao Wei's praise, and answered humbly with his body bowed.
"It's a good thing to be able to keep one's duty. It's not like some people even forget how to write the word 'duty'." Although Xiao Wei didn't name the person who forgot his duty, everyone knew it.
He glanced at Wang Zheng, who was standing beside him in a panic. His disdainful gaze made Wang Zheng want to dig a hole in the floor so he could hide in it.
Xiao Wei ignored Wang Zheng's fear, patted Yan Yunxiang's shoulder and said: "Xiao Wang has always made clear rewards and punishments. You have made such a great contribution this time. Xiao Wang deserves a heavy reward. Ningbei, pass on Xiao Wang's order
, each of the guards who participated in the battle last night was rewarded with a hundred taels of silver. Yan Yunxiang arranged it properly and was rewarded with a thousand taels of silver. You can go back to the merchant's account room to withdraw it and distribute it to everyone."
"Yes, I obey!" Ning Bei has followed Xiao Wei for a long time. He has long known that Xiao Wei is generous, so he doesn't think such a reward is a big deal, so he hurriedly responded, but everyone
The new guards were all shocked by such a huge reward. After being quiet for a while, they burst into cheers. Among them, the loudest one was the big black guy Yan Tieta.
"The young prince is so generous with his reward. I feel ashamed to accept it, but I really don't dare..." Faced with such a generous reward, Yan Yunxiang felt that he couldn't bear it, and he quickly bowed and wanted to say something.
"Don't say goodbye. Xiao Wang said you can afford it." Xiao Wei waved his hand and interrupted Yan Yunxiang's statement. He changed the subject and asked: "Do you know who the intruder is?"
, have you ever gotten a living mouth?"
"My young prince, my subordinates have indeed arrested more than a dozen people alive, and they have all been interrogated." As soon as Xiao Wei finished speaking, Wang Zheng, who was full of shame, stood up from the side and reported loudly.
"Well, tell me!" Although Xiao Wei had made up his mind not to reuse Wang Zheng again, he would never say it openly, so he said with a cold face.
"Yes, my subordinates have cleaned the battlefield before. A total of fifty-two thieves were killed and thirteen injured thieves were captured alive. Now it has been determined that the thieves who came this time were not one group, but two groups. They just happened to get together.
When they got together, one of them belonged to the Hutou Gang in the west of the city. The leader was an incense owner named Chen Miao. He died on the spot.
Yes, this person did not die at the hands of his subordinates and others, but was suspected to have been silenced. The origins of the other group of thieves are unknown. All the injured who were captured had committed suicide by taking poison without being interrogated. If I can, please help me.
Your Majesty, please forgive me." Seeing that Xiao Wei did not attack him again, Wang Zheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly told everything he knew.
"Chen Miao? Hutou Gang?" Xiao Wei frowned slightly and murmured. He really couldn't figure out where this Hutou Gang had the courage to send people to attack his own property, but he didn't want to bother with this matter any more.
, but asked calmly: "How do you know that this Chen Miao was silenced?"
"Back to the young prince, all the dead and injured thieves were killed by arrows. Only Chen Miao died from a knife in the back. If someone among the thieves had not silenced him, it would be difficult to explain." Wang Zheng explained after a few words.
, the conversation suddenly changed: "By the way, my subordinates also found a few things while cleaning the battlefield. Please go and take a look with your subordinates."
"Oh?" Xiao Wei let out a light sigh and did not ask any more questions. He waved his hand, signaling Wang Zheng to lead the way.
Wang Zheng did not dare to neglect, and led Xiao Wei to the edge of the horse ring and walked into a small room next to the horse ring. He looked back mysteriously at the guards who followed Xiao Wei and walked in.
He looked like he was going to interview Xiao Wei alone.
"You all, please step back." Xiao Wei's curiosity was piqued when he saw Wang Zheng acting like this. He pondered for a moment and waved to the guards following him to exit the room.
"Your Highness, please take a look." After all the guards had retreated, Wang Zheng took out five small iron plaques from his arms, held them in both hands, and handed them to Xiao Wei's eyes.
"Huh?" Xiao Wei just took one look, and a sharp light suddenly flashed in his eyes. He took all the five small iron plates into his hands, weighed them a few times with an expression on his face, and then put them into his arms.
He asked calmly: "Who else knows about this matter?"
Wang Zheng naturally knew that these things were of great importance, and hurriedly explained: "Back to the young prince, these things were found by the brothers from the corpse of the thief. The people involved were all new guards. They should not know.
The origin of these things.”
"Very good, you have done a good job on this matter. There is no need to stay here. Let's go back to the house with Xiao Wang." Xiao Wei calmly ordered, and then, regardless of Wang Zheng's reaction,
He turned around and strode out of the room. He called Yan Yunxiang to his side and gave some instructions. He also ordered the Ning brothers and most of the accompanying guards to stay at "Tang Ji Trading Company" to strengthen the defense. However, he led
people in a hurry
He hurried back to the city... At the entrance of Qinjian Academy, Xiao Sanzheng was surrounded by several servants. He was chatting about what he had seen and heard about Yanxi. Suddenly, he saw Xiao Wei appearing with a straight face.
On the small bridge outside the courtyard gate, Xiao Wei was startled immediately. He didn't care much and hurriedly ran up to meet him. But before he could say hello, Xiao Wei spoke first: "Mr. Lin, are you up?"
Already?"[
"Reply to the young prince, Mr. Lin is already in the study." Upon hearing Xiao Wei's question, Xiao San dared not be negligent and hurriedly answered.
"Yes." Xiao Wei said casually and strode towards the academy. Xiao San came closer and reported in a low voice: "Young prince, today I heard that there was something going on in the East Palace.
Literary Network is asking for the title of king for the young prince, but I don’t know whether it is true or not.”
"Huh?" Xiao Wei stood up, frowned, glanced at Xiao San coldly, and snorted from his nostrils.
"My dear young prince, this matter has been widely spread outside. It is said that many courtiers have decided to jointly sign this document. I just walked around outside and met many people who came with me.
Wait." Upon seeing Xiao Wei's expression, Xiao San immediately bowed three points deeper and explained hurriedly.
Conferring the title of king? What does the prince want to do? How can this kid be so kind? Xiao Wei was stunned for a moment, and suddenly he understood the purpose of the prince's move. It was just a trick to draw out the fuel from the bottom of the cauldron.
It was not worth mentioning at first, but when he thought of the attack on "Tangji Store" last night, Xiao Weixin
He couldn't help but feel a sinking feeling, as if he remembered something, but for a moment he was a little unsure. After thinking about it for a moment, he didn't ask any more questions, and walked into Qinjian Academy. As soon as he walked to the backyard, he
Hearing a melodious flute sound coming from the study, he paused briefly and then walked in.
"The young prince is here." When Lin Chongming saw Xiao Weixing coming in, he stopped chirping, stood up and said hello with a smile.
"Brother Lin, are you still getting used to living here?" Although Xiao Wei had something on his mind, he didn't rush to bring it out. Instead, he smiled and said hello.
"Fortunately, something big must have happened to the young prince here. I wonder if Lin could have foreseen it?" Lin Chongming's ability to observe facial expressions was not inferior to Xiao Wei's. Although he didn't know what happened, he never knew what happened.
Xiao Wei saw something strange between his brows, so he asked with a smile.
"There are some things I want to discuss with Brother Lin." Since Xiao Wei has regarded Lin Chongming as his confidant, he will not hide anything from him. He reaches into his arms and puts the five-sided iron plate on the copy.
, and briefly recounted yesterday’s attack on “Tangji Trading Company”,
Finally, he pointed to the pile of small iron plaques and said: "These gadgets were found from two groups of thieves. What's interesting is that these two groups are obviously not from the same group, but some of them have the number plates of the Shenqi Camp.
, it’s really interesting, what does Brother Lin think of this?”
Lin Chongming did not answer Xiao Wei's topic immediately. Instead, he picked up the small iron plaques and played with them repeatedly. He suddenly smiled and said: "This is a strategy to blame Jiangdong. I think the young prince already knew it."
, Lin needs to waste more words, Lin just wants to know how the young prince plans to deal with this matter?"
"Xiao Wang is going to ignore it for now, what do you think, Brother Lin?" Upon hearing Lin Chongming asking such a question, Xiao Wei immediately laughed and waved his hand.
Lin Chongming gently clapped his hands and said: "That's right. Since the young prince knows that there are a lot of strange things in it, if he really wants to pursue it, I'm afraid it will be a confusing case, or it may even be led astray. I don't want to ignore it."
superior."
"Well, it's just that Xiao Wang still wants to know where the thieves are so rampant that they dare to gather a crowd to commit murder in the capital's important place. If Xiao Wang knows the root cause, he will not be spared!" Although Xiao Wei knew that there was a high probability that he would investigate the case.
Jiu wanted to fall into someone else's trap, but he was still unwilling to do so, so he cursed angrily.
"Since the young prince knows whether to investigate or not, then there is no need to care about who did it. Let's put it aside for the time being. We will find out later." With Lin Chongming's IQ, he could tell that Xiao Wei's words were just angry words.
, then he smiled and expressed relief.
"Yes." Although Xiao Wei was unwilling to give up, his priorities were still clear, and he did not dwell on the matter any more. He just said a word and took the matter over. After pondering for a while, he continued:
"It is said that the prince's servant is collaborating with the courtiers to ask for a title for the young king. His intention is to drain the firepower and 'force' the young king to go and join the feudal clan. In Brother Yilin's opinion, how should we deal with this matter?"
"Oh?" When Lin Chongming heard the news, he frowned at first, then relaxed quickly, and laughed and said: "This is a good thing. Some people want to take credit for the young prince, so just let it take its course. Those people
What you are doing is just shooting yourself in the foot, the young prince must worry more."
"This..." Xiao Wei didn't expect that something he thought was difficult to deal with would be said in Lin Chongming's mouth, and he couldn't help but be stunned...