When the fleet arrived in Wuhu County, they divided into two groups. Gao Ding led 30,000 cavalrymen along the Lishui River, as well as dozens of cargo ships worth 3,000 stones and 1,000 flat-bottomed boats. Zhou Kuan, as the advance officer, also followed.
The cavalry marched, but they stopped when they reached Huzhou, which was not far or close, and waited for Lin'an's reaction.
Chen Qing, on the other hand, led the main force of 70,000 troops, that is, 100 sea-going ships and 350 3,000-stone cargo ships to continue eastward. After leaving the Yangtze River Estuary, he went south along the coast to Hangzhou Bay and landed in Hangzhou Bay.
At this time, another 20,000 copies of the "Beijing News" appeared in various restaurants in Lin'an City. This time they appeared at noon. As soon as the 20,000 copies of the "Beijing News" were dropped, they were quickly snatched up by diners and tea drinkers. This time the "Beijing News" appeared.
The headline on the front page of the newspaper was "Prince Chen Qing escorted the late emperor to come to Lin'an".
A stone struck a thousand waves, and the late Emperor was finally coming. The last time the Supreme Emperor's coffin arrived, it sparked heated discussions in the city, but the Supreme Emperor was dead after all, and this time the late Emperor came back alive. This incident quickly became the focus of everyone in Lin'an City.
Topics under discussion.
However, smart people know that the real protagonist is not the late emperor, but Chen Qing. This legendary warlord in the western part of the Song Dynasty is finally coming to Lin'an. Will he be detained by the court? Will he be killed by the court? It aroused
The worries and curiosity of countless people.
In the afternoon, Lu Jin ran excitedly with the newspaper and came to the back house. His father, Lu Yihao, was sitting in front of the tea table and dozing off. He was awakened by his footsteps.
"Is it Da Lang?" Lu Yihao was too familiar with his son's footsteps.
"Father, there is the latest newspaper!"
"Ah! Show it to me quickly."
Lu Jin walked into the study excitedly, knelt down and handed the newspaper to his father.
Lu Yihao took the newspaper and glanced at it, then smiled and said: "Chen Qing is coming."
"I wonder if Xiu'er wants to come with us?"
Lu Yihao shook his head, "It's impossible. If Chen Qing comes here in person, his son will be in charge of Jingzhao. Xiu'er will definitely be with his son."
"Father, I'm really worried about whether Chen Qing will be in danger this time?"
Lu Yihao laughed, "That son-in-law of yours is the most cunning little fox I have ever seen. This time he came in the name of the late emperor and must have brought tens of thousands of troops with him. Why! To protect the safety of the late emperor, no one can say anything.
So you don't have to worry about his safety."
"But what did he do in Lai'an? The kid doesn't understand."
Lu Yihao sighed and said: "After all, the mainstream of the Song Dynasty is in Lin'an. In Jiangnan, he has always been called a western warlord and has not been taken seriously by the mainstream. He thought of using the Beijing News, but it is not enough. Propaganda
Ten thousand sentences are not as good as his personal appearance in Lin'an, which will definitely cause a strong shock."
"But I'm afraid everyone will only pay attention to the late emperor?"
"You are wrong. The late emperor is just a feeling, causing a little emotional touch, nothing more. If the late emperor lived in the palace, everyone would forget about it in a few days, but if it involves everyone's personal life,
Benefits will be deeply remembered, and that is what everyone really pays attention to."
"What will it be?"
Lu Yihao said lightly: "Everyone will only really pay attention to one thing, and that is the army brought by Chen Qing."
In the study, Qin Hui slammed a newspaper on Wang Bo's face and said angrily: "How did I tell you? I asked you to find the newspaper's lair and destroy the printing office. Did you find it? It appeared again and again.
This is a slap in my face, do you know?"
Mrs. Wang next to her said a little displeasedly: "Master, tell him carefully and don't get angry!"
Qin Hui held back his anger and sat back, "Tell me! What have you done?"
Wang Bo said with a frustrated face: "Reporting to my uncle, my nephew is indeed looking for various clues. My nephew has been able to confirm that the newspaper was not printed in Lin'an Prefecture, but in the prefectures and counties near Lin'an."
Qin Hui snorted, "What evidence do you have? Or are you just making it up to trick me?"
"My nephew did not dare to deceive his uncle. He did find a clue before, which was the book "The Monkey King Havoc in Heaven". My nephew found a printing shop. The shopkeeper told me that it was a Xuanzhou businessman who asked him to print it, and the board was also in
Xuanzhou carved it, but the businessman ran away and was not caught."
"You mean, the newspaper is also printed in Xuanzhou?"
"This is exactly what my nephew means. If they had a printing shop in Lin'an, they would not entrust the printing shop in Lin'an to print books for them."
This reason is not bad. Wang Bo is not that stupid. Qin Hui looked a little gentler and said: "If you continue to investigate, it is best to go to Uncle Wei Guo and ask him to help you investigate. He will definitely be willing to help you."
"Nephew understands!"
Wang Bo bowed and hurried away.
Wang asked in confusion: "Why are you still checking the newspaper after so long?"
Qin Hui sighed, "I don't know who brought this newspaper to the officials. The officials were furious and called me over to scold me, saying that Chen Qing's propaganda was under his nose and we all ate it."
A jobber."
"Then what did the master say?"
"What can I say? This newspaper also has a positive side. If it hadn't published this news, we wouldn't have known that Chen Qing was escorting the late Emperor to come to An. Otherwise, we would not have been prepared at all."
Mrs. Wang nodded, "That makes sense! What does official family mean?"
"The official said that I was fooling him to shirk responsibility for myself, and ordered me to destroy the other party's lair within three days!"
Speaking of this, Qin Hui gritted his teeth with hatred and said: "I want to find out who is the bastard who thrust the newspaper in front of the official's house, and I will make him walk around without eating it!"
"I want to find out who is causing trouble for the master, but just now the master said that Bo'er should go to Uncle Wei Guo, why?"
Qin Hui sneered and said: "Uncle Wei Guo recently suffered a big loss on Sichuan Road. It is said that he lost tens of millions of dollars. He hates Chen Qing to the bone. Bo'er asked him to check Chen Qing's newspaper. He will definitely work hard to check it.
."
"We lost tens of millions of dollars, how could this happen?" Wang was really surprised.
"Before, I thought that Li Jinxiao and the others were instigated by me to raise the army. Later I realized that it had nothing to do with me. Those people had long been manipulated by Uncle Wei Guo to purchase armor and recruit troops. In order to gain the support of the Queen Mother, these people
A large amount of wealth was deposited with Wei Guojiu as a mortgage, but in the end it was all wiped out by Chen Qing. Li Jinxiao and Wei Guojiu's people were all destroyed, and all the wealth was taken away by Chen Qing. After decades of plundering! That's not good.
Ten million dollars?"
"It means that the master was also tricked by Uncle Wei Guo?"
Qin Hui nodded, "To be precise, it was the Queen Mother who set her up. I didn't know she had penetrated Sichuan Road so deeply. 30% of the state officials are her people. Madam has a good relationship with the Queen Mother, so she should have heard about it!"
"
Wang also sighed, "She never said anything about this, and I found that she was getting more and more sinister. Her influence in Sichuan was uprooted. She didn't reveal anything about such a big thing in front of me."
Qin Hui said helplessly: "This time Chen Qing comes to An'an, it is estimated that there will be another bloody storm. I am going to recommend Zhu Shengfei to return to the prime minister. On the one hand, it is to make good friends with the Queen Mother, and on the other hand, at this critical moment, let Zhu Shengfei deal with Chen Qing.
I'm going to back off a little bit."
"The key is whether the officials and the family agree?"
Qin Hui sneered: "He was praising Zhu Shengfei yesterday and today for taking the overall situation into consideration. I guess the Queen Mother must be crying behind her back. The officials want to compensate the Queen Mother for her losses on Sichuan Road. I am a fool if I don't understand such an obvious hint."
