When Xia Xun accompanied Zhu Gaochi and others from the Zhongshan Palace to the Prince Consort's Palace, Luo Kedi was, as usual, sorting out the local news he had collected in his study. The news was very miscellaneous and had no specific target.
For example, the left hall of Chaotian Palace caught fire yesterday, the obscene monk of Banshan Temple imprisoned a girl who offered incense in the cellar, escaped yesterday and sued the government, a child drowned under Wuding Bridge, Zhang San and Li from the Imperial College
Four got into a fight because of a quarrel, and the price of pork in the chicken coop morning market was one cent higher than the day before yesterday...
In the past, these things had to be reported to the emperor. The emperor was aloof. Even an emperor like Zhu Yuanzhang, who came from a commoner family and had lived in the imperial court for decades, could only understand the news through these channels if he wanted to understand the people's sentiments.
Obviously, it is of great benefit to the rulers to directly understand the real people's sentiments without going beyond the officials, which can prevent them from being deceived by the bureaucrats.
However, since Jin Yiwei was banned from most of his functions, he no longer even had the power to make reports. Luo Kedi did not order his subordinates to stop collecting these intelligence, but every time he sorted it out by category as if it was necessary to report to the Holy Lord before.
Every time, my heart is filled with sadness.
But he still persisted. Although the emperor no longer needed such news, the messengers who were originally stationed in the capital still sent these messages every day in accordance with his regulations. Many seemingly useless things might be released soon.
It became useful. Then, after he sorted the various information into categories, he discovered the news that someone was selling real estate at a low price.
There was a lot of news about the sale of real estate and land, and what his spies reported was a few that seemed a little unreasonable. These property disposal incidents all had one common feature: urgency!
One of the incidents of selling a property at a low price showed the reason. The homeowner participated in an underground gambling house and bet that King Yan would not dare to enter the capital. He lost. He was pressed for debt and had no choice but to sell the property.
Luo Kedi just smiled, and picked up the records of the remaining events, and found that two of them were the sale of farmland at low prices. Both of these paddy fields were high-quality, pest-free and close to water sources, but both
The owners of every paddy field sold their paddy fields as quickly as possible regardless of the cost.
Luo Kedi noticed this news because the owner of one of the properties was Yang Xu. Then, he discovered that the other property was sold by a woman named Xie Luti on behalf of her godmother, and this woman
, he remembered that there seemed to be some connection with Yang Xu.
When he pulled out Yang Xu's secret files and checked them, Luo Kedi discovered that this woman was Yang Xu's former fiancée. Then he discovered that this woman had also quietly sold off her property. Holding these reports,
Luo Kedi fell into deep thought. After pondering for a long time, he pulled out these reports separately and wrote on them: Continue to investigate and pay special attention.
Then, someone knocked on his door.
Everyone in Jinyiwei knew that no one was allowed to disturb Mr. Luo when he was dealing with official documents and information in the study, unless there was an order from the palace. However, a few days ago, the Chief Envoy of Peking reported that King Yan was suffering from madness, and begged the Crown Prince Yan to
Upon returning to Peiping, Luo Kedi's subordinates had an additional privilege: they could report news about Prince Yan at any time!
The person who came to report the news was arranged by him to monitor Prince Yan in secret. It wasn't that he couldn't trust Yang Xu, he just believed that only through overt and covert surveillance and multiple surveillance could he be foolproof. And there was no need for him to inform Yang Xu of these arrangements.
, because he is the one who has control of the overall situation.
The news sent to him by these spies was that some of the guards of Crown Prince Yan left the Zhongshan Palace one after another early this morning. They disguised themselves as various people and left Nanjing through different city gates. With many years of secret espionage experience, they left the city of Nanjing.
Working experience, Luo Kedi immediately smelled something unusual.
When he later learned that Prince Yan was going to the suburbs of Dongcheng to race horses with Huaiqing's consort, he was finally sure: Prince Yan's third son was going to escape!
How could Prince Yan's three sons abscond? With no internal support and no defense, the envoys from Peiping, who had come all the way and were not familiar with the geography of Jiangnan, were unable to fly. Under the public surveillance of the Jin Yiwei, why could a large number of Prince Yan's guards disguise themselves and leave quietly?
And was not questioned or blocked? If there were no insiders, then the first person to report this kind of news to him would not be the spy he sent, but should be Yang Xu.
Reminiscing about Yang Xu's secret sale of property, Luo Qianshi finally made a judgment that made him even more unbelievable, but he still couldn't believe his own inference, because anyone should have a judgment when doing anything.
Reason, unless he is a madman. Yang Xu is obviously not a madman, so why would he do this? Could it be that he has long been a member of King Yan?
Thinking about Yang Xu's innocent life experience and flawless resume, except for his previous trip to Peking, where he spent a few days recovering from his injuries in Prince Yan's Mansion, he had never had anything to do with Prince Yan's Mansion. But now he has abandoned it.
He abandoned his family and business and worked hard for a King of Yan who was destined to collapse. Could it be that he had been bribed by the King of Yan from then on?
What benefits did the King of Yan promise him, so that he would work so hard? And from this, it can be inferred that the King of Yan had already prepared to rebel? Otherwise, why would the King of Yan take such pains and make great efforts to bribe the Jin Yiwei people? In this way, Yang Xu originally came from Qingzhou
Was it because of King Yan's instruction to return to Jiangnan without permission? Because only here could he play his due role.
Thinking that King Yan was so scheming, Luo Kedi couldn't help but be secretly surprised, and at the same time deeply saddened. Although he still had many people available, there were too few who could be trained. He needed eagles, dogs, minions, and more.
We need a successor, someone who is calm and experienced, who can focus on the overall situation, and who can wait indefinitely and patiently for one thing and one purpose just like him.
He found this person, it was Yang Xu!
Yang Xu was really tolerant and calm. He didn't arrange for his family to escape quickly until the day he was about to take action. If Yang Xu's family had left Jinling a few days in advance, they would have been unable to hide it from Luo Kedi's eyes and ears.
There would be no escape of Prince Yan today.
Calm as a virgin and as active as a rabbit, he is indeed a talent that can be cultivated, but it is a pity that he is so secretive.
A surge of anger filled Luo Kedi's chest. He originally cultivated Yang Xu as a successor.
I originally set my heart towards the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch!
Luo Kedi has not killed anyone for a long time, but now he wants to kill people very much. He wants to kill Yang Xu with his own hands, carve out Yang Xu's heart, and ask him why he betrayed his trust and cultivation so much.
"drive!"
Luo Kedi raised his hand and whipped again, even the tip of the whip was filled with anger that he couldn't hide!
Riding the horse like flying, raising the whip like a sword, the sword is pointed at Yang Xu!
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Xia Xun escaped in great embarrassment.
What will happen if a special agent who is good at stealth and counter-stealth is tracked by a group of special agents who are good at stealth and counter-stealth?
The conclusion is: very miserable!
Because even if he is in the dense forest where it is easiest to hide, he cannot use all the hiding and disappearing techniques that he knows. The only thing he can do is to run, keep running. This is the only thing that has no flaws, as long as
If you run fast enough, you are safe.
The dense forest covers the sky and the sun. Once you are trapped in it, you can't even see the position of the sun. If you are chased here and there, the inevitable result will be that you can't distinguish things. Only then did Xia Xun notice that a person in the wild of modern society
He didn't have the compass, a must-have magic weapon for soldiers in battle.
After finally running to a sparsely forested area, he raised his head to get his bearings. Xia Xun was about to escape in the right direction. As soon as he took a step, his eyes suddenly moved, as if he had noticed a dangerous beast. He immediately held down the knife.
The handle was slightly bent, and the back was slightly bowed, as if a beast was about to leap up and devour someone. Its bright black eyes were staring at a big tree in front of it, and said in a deep voice: "Come out!"
There was a small crackling sound, which was the sound of dead branches and leaves under the tree being stepped on, and then Liu Yujue slowly appeared under the tree.
Xia Xun was startled, straightened up slightly and said, "Yujue?"
Liu Yujue smiled bitterly, with a bit of confusion, sadness, and confusion in his smile: "The sneaking method that big brother taught me really worked. I was the first to find big brother."
Xia Xun couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Yu Jue, do you want to take me back?"
Liu Yujue lowered his eyes slightly, looked at the handle of the knife that Xia Xun was still holding tightly, and said quietly: "Am I... my elder brother's opponent?"
Xia Xun was slightly confused. Liu Yujue's tone made him unable to tell whether this sentence meant that Liu Yujue's martial arts could not be his opponent, or that Liu Yujue was not his opponent.
Liu Yujue raised his gaze, stared at Xia Xun, and whispered: "Your Excellency values you very much. As far as I know, the person he values most under his command is you. I don't understand why you would do this?"
Xia Xun took a deep breath and said: "Yujue, there are some things that you won't understand if I tell you now. In short, everyone has his own ambitions. If Yujue still misses the brotherhood between you and me,
If you don't like me, then don't fight me, I don't want to fight with you."
"Of course I won't fight with Big Brother. Even if I have the ability to fight with Big Brother, I will never!"
As Liu Yujue spoke, he slowly moved towards the road: "The imperial court will attack Yan Fan in the near future. Once the army arrives, everything will be destroyed. It is really unwise for me to choose King Yan at this time."
Xia Xun smiled and replied: "Maybe it is, maybe it is not, or maybe... there is no perfect path. In fact, I can stand on the emperor's side. If I stand on his side, I believe that Yan Shizi and
The two princes will not have a chance to leave Jinling alive, and King Zhu Di of Yan will probably be tied up. The problem is, I don't like this emperor, very much. In my opinion, he can't be a good emperor at all!"
"No matter whether we are traveling across the world, or whether we are in trouble at home or abroad, at any time, we do not claim vassal status, pay tribute, do not cede territory, or pay indemnities. There is no peace between the Han and Tang Dynasties, and there are no annual coins in the two Song Dynasties. The emperor guards the country, and the king dies in the country. How heroic is this?
, How strong a backbone is this? I originally thought that I wanted to follow such a hero, but now I know that all of this is inseparable from my efforts. If a man has such achievements, what regrets will he have in life? "
Liu Yujue couldn't understand what he said next, but he could hear his disdain and disdain for the emperor. He couldn't help but said in surprise: "Is the emperor the one we can choose? No matter how you say it, he is the emperor after all, the father of the emperor, and he is under orders.
The Son of Heaven!"
Xia Xun looked at him and said deeply: "If you think he is the emperor, he is your emperor! If I don't think he is, he is not!"
"If you don't take action, then...I'm leaving!"
Xia Xun walked over. Liu Yujue noticed that Xia Xun's hand was always pressed on the knife, and he couldn't help but feel sad in his heart: "Brother is still cautious about me. In fact... I won't harm you, I really won't harm you.
Never..."
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