Wang Hao rushed over quickly. He listened to the report from his subordinates that an arson object was found outside Prince Yong's Mansion, which really shocked him. Although it is difficult for assassins to have a chance now, they are afraid of signs and don't know the signs.
How deep is the water behind?
"Qizunzhi is this big bag, half of which is hay."
Wang Hao opened the bag and took a look, and he frowned. If he wanted to set fire to it, it would be too casual. Even if this bag was set on fire, it would not be able to be thrown over the wall! It was too light, and a brick inside would be enough.
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"What kind of person is he?" Wang Hao asked.
"He looked like a scribe, tall and fat, but he obviously didn't know martial arts and didn't carry any weapons. He was walking around on the street outside the wall and kept looking around the house. We wanted to go up and question him. He saw
We turned around and ran away, disappearing into the alley opposite."
Another internal guard soldier also said: "We never thought that this man was going to set a fire. We wanted to chase him, but we were afraid that it was a trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain."
Wang Hao asked again: "Has he entered the warning range?"
The two inner guard soldiers shook their heads, "No! If he enters the warning range, the patrol in the city will stop him."
Wang Hao nodded. It seemed that he was not an organized assassin, but an ordinary person who was dissatisfied with King Yong. If he was setting fire professionally, he would definitely use gunpowder arrows or kerosene arrows to launch them from a long distance. Gunpowder and kerosene are on the market.
You can also buy it in small quantities. It can only be an ordinary person carrying a bag of fire starters and walking up.
In fact, even using gunpowder arrows to set a fire would be useless as it would be quickly extinguished by the patrolling soldiers, and setting the hill on fire would have no impact on the safety of His Highness King Yong.
Wang Hao was relieved, but he still ordered: "We must be more vigilant and don't be careless at all, lest the other party deliberately pretends to be stupid and tests our peripheral defenses!"
This possibility is possible. All the internal guards agreed together, then returned to their posts and disappeared into the darkness.
After Chen Qing listened to Wang Hao's report, he immediately thought of Huang Yougong, who was tall and fat, but had a similar figure. Did he want to take revenge for being kicked out of the Jinxian Hall under his own order?
Chen Qing thought for a while and said to Wang Hao: "Go to Zhang Shuling of the Procuratorate Office tomorrow morning and ask him to help you check for a person named Huang Yougong. He may be this person."
"Why don't we search him all night tonight to prevent him from escaping overnight?"
Chen Qing waved his hand, "It's not a big problem. If he wants to leave, he can do whatever he wants. However, if he still wants to set fire to the Jinxian Hall, he is asking for his own death."
"The humble position arranges for manpower to monitor the area around the Jinxian Hall."
"Can!"
Even if there is no Huang Yougong, internal guards should be sent to monitor near the Jinxian Hall. After all, these job-seeking officials are not ordinary people.
Wang Hao resigned and left. At this time, Lu Xiu came in with a cup of ginseng tea.
"Did you find another assassin?" Lu Xiu put down the ginseng tea and asked with a smile.
"How does Madam know?"
Lu Xiu smiled and said: "I just made a wild guess. Every time I see Wang Tongzhi asking for an audience at night, I think it has something to do with the assassin."
"It's not an assassin this time, it's probably a job-seeking official. I kicked him out of the Jinxian Hall for drinking flower wine. He had a grudge, so he bought a pack of fire starters and wanted to set a fire. However, he was discovered by the internal guards, who scared him.
He threw away the package and ran away."
Lu Xiu shook his head and smiled: "This person is also stupid. He doesn't even think about it. If it were so easy to set fire, our place would have been burned down long ago."
"It's okay not to mention such a small person. Have you met your great-uncle today?"
The uncle Chen Qing mentioned was Lu Datong. Lu Datong and Lu Qingshan were the same age, and both were ten years younger than Lu Yihao. Among them, Lu Datong was Lu Yihao's younger brother, and Lu Qingshan was their half-brother.
Chen Qing did not like Lu Datong, mainly because Lu Datong lacked principles in doing things. His bottomless doting on his youngest son Lu Qiao created a scourge and dragged down the entire Lu family, leading to Lu Yihao's second dismissal from the prime minister.
However, Chen Qing still looked at Lu Yihao's face and appointed him as the governor of Fangzhou. However, his wife and children had to stay in Jingzhao and could not go with him to Fangzhou. Chen Qing was worried that Lu Qiao would harm the people in Fangzhou again.
Lu Xiu nodded, "I just said a few words to him. He wanted to show his loyalty to his husband, but I rejected him flatly. I told him that loyalty must be done, not spoken. Treating people well means treating your husband well."
The utmost loyalty.”
"Well said!" Chen Qing praised sincerely.
"But he was a little unhappy."
Lu Xiu sighed and said, "He actually wants to take his wife and children with him. Does your husband think it's possible?"
Chen Qing shook his head and said: "Actually, I didn't think about his son Lu Qiao. I received a letter from my grandfather. My grandfather said that Lu Qiao's nature is hard to change and he must stay in Jingzhao and send someone to monitor him. He also said"
Chen Qing hesitated and did not continue. Lu Xiu asked, "What else did grandfather say?"
"Nothing, what did Dr. Liu say after seeing Yingluo today?" Chen Qing changed the subject.
"Say that everything is fine with Yingluo and there is no need to have a baby."
Seeing that her husband refused to say anything, Lu Xiu could only smile bitterly and said: "Husband, please pay more attention to Ah Ying when you have time! Yingluo's pregnancy has a great impact on her."
"I know!"
Lu Xiu paused and asked, "Did grandfather ask your husband to get rid of Lu Jiao?"
Chen Qing took out a letter from the drawer and handed it to Lu Xiu, "This is the letter your grandfather wrote to me."
Lu Xiu opened the letter and read it again, sighing softly and saying, "What do you plan to do, husband?"
Chen Qing pondered for a moment and said, "I have sent internal guards to monitor him."
Lu Xiu whispered: "My grandfather's decision must have been made after repeated consideration. If the day comes, I can just go ahead and do it."
Chen Qing said lightly: "I know, I hope that day won't come."
Lu Xiuli left the study and went back to her room.
Chen Qing walked to the window with his hands behind his back and looked at the sparkling lake below. He was still thinking about the last sentence in Lu Yihao's letter, "This son is vicious and hard to change. He will definitely be a serious problem for Lu. He needs to stay in Jingzhao for strict supervision."
, If he commits evil acts again, my son-in-law can kill him with the help of others, and I will bear all the consequences.'
Lu Yihao was willing to kill Lu Jiao for the sake of his family's safety.
After capturing Taiyuan Prefecture, Chen Qing temporarily stopped his northern offensive. He needed time to digest the southern and central parts of Hedong Road. One year later, the officialdom of Hedong Road has stabilized, and the Hedong Road Shangshu Xingtai is operating normally. Starting from next year, Hedong Road
The road will begin to pay taxes normally, and the time to attack the northern part of Hedong Road is gradually ripe.
At this time, the Jin Kingdom is about to launch an offensive against the Mongol tribe, and the grassland in the north of Datong Prefecture will also be an important battlefield. According to information from Datong Prefecture, the 20,000 Jin soldiers in Datong Prefecture are already sharpening their swords and preparing for the attack.
Marching north to the grassland.
But there are not only 20,000 Jin soldiers in the north of Hedong Road, but also 30,000 Xie soldiers. These 30,000 Xie soldiers are composed of 10,000 Khitan troops, 10,000 Han troops and 10,000 Dangxiang troops.
Among them, 10,000 Han People's Association troops were stationed in Xinzhou and Xianzhou in the north of Taiyuan Prefecture, and Chitang Pass was guarded by them, while 10,000 Khitan troops were stationed in Daizhou and Yingzhou, and another 10,000 Dangxiang troops were stationed in Lanzhou and Fuzhou.
Therefore, it is not easy for Chen Qing's army to seize Datong Mansion. They must first annihilate these 30,000 troops.
Datong Mansion is the Xijing of the Liao Kingdom. The Liao Kingdom has been here for hundreds of years. Datong Mansion is quite prosperous, with Han people, Khitan people, Xi people, Jurchens, Mongol people, Qiang people, Uighurs and Sogdians coming from the far west.
People and so on, various ethnic groups live together here, with a population of nearly 200,000. It has always been a military center of the Liao Kingdom and even the Jin Kingdom.
Of course, the Han people here, like the Han people in Yanjing Prefecture, have become Liao Kingdom, and now they have become subjects of the Jin Kingdom, and they no longer have the same feelings for their homeland as they did in the Song Dynasty.
It is precisely for this reason that it is difficult for the Western Army to gather intelligence here. The intelligence point set up by the Jingzhao Intelligence Department in Datong City is a shop opened by a Sogdian.