The location of Beijiang Guild Hall is not very good and is somewhat remote.【】
When the first snow fell in Chang'an, Cao Ying returned from overseas.
Zhang Ba and Jiang Xing are both there.
"Lao Cao worked hard."
The two of them welcomed Cao Ying in.
It was getting close to Nian Gen, and everyone who should go home had left, and the hall was very deserted.
After Cao Ying went in, she took off her bamboo hat, patted the snow on it, and asked, "Is Huahua back?"
"I haven't come back yet."
The three of them arrived upstairs. Jiang Xing habitually opened the window and went to
"Is there a letter from home?" Cao Ying drank a cup of hot tea and felt her body warmed up.
Jiang Xing turned around and said, "I never did."
Zhang Ba asked: "Will Lao Cao gain anything from going out this time?"
Cao Ying went out to Chang'an this time to look for traces of an aide who was close to Emperor Xiaojing.
"I couldn't find it, so I quietly made some inquiries and found out that the old ghost fled with his family the day after he returned home."
"Smart man." Zhang Ba sneered, "But where is the loyalty you swore back then?"
"Your Majesty said at the beginning that loyalty cannot be exacted." Cao Ying held the tea cup, "After Your Majesty left, those aides scattered and defected. Those who joined the puppet emperor had a hard time too!
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"Who would trust a dog?" Jiang Xing laughed.
Cao Ying said: "The Shegu people have been killed in the family, and the situation is very good. Is there any panic in Chang'an?"
"It seems peaceful, but there are a lot of exchanges between the family members. Even the Miao Sheng Zhenren came to Chang'an to ring the bell, so he is a thief with a guilty conscience?" Jiang Xing sneered: "Don't be afraid if you don't do anything wrong.
The ghost knocks on the door."
Suddenly someone coughed outside. Jiang Xing went to the window and looked down.
Two men were on the left side staring at the door of the club.
Jiang Xing turned around and said, "Old Zhang, let someone check the back door."
"I'm going."
Zhang Ba went there in person, and Cao Ying sighed: "The Duke has unified the north, and Chang'an is in panic. The guild hall is the first to bear the brunt!"
"We have already made preparations." Jiang Xing sneered: "If he wants to take action, he will have to wait for the Chang'an guards to return. There is still time."
Cao Ying shook her head, "This matter depends on the will of the Duke. If the Duke wants to reveal all that now, then we have to leave before the news reaches Chang'an."
"There are a few."
Zhang Ba came back, "Someone is watching the back door."
"Is it possible to see the calendar?" Jiang Xing asked.
"They look like the people on the mirror." Zhang Ba said, "If I take action, I can easily kill them."
"Then the Jinwu Guards were dispatched. Where did you go to escape?" Jiang Xing thought this guy was stupid.
"It seems that the false emperor can't wait." Cao Ying said: "Northern Xinjiang has unified the northern land. He guessed that the Duke would not tolerate it, and he began to deploy various methods. However, the guild hall is still safe for the time being."
The next day, Huahua came back.
"Drink tea!"
For some reason, Zhang Ba was a little scared.
Huahua took the tea cup and slowly took a sip of tea under the gaze of the three old men.
This time she went to investigate the reason for Li Yao's death.
"I went to the old medical officer's home..."
Emperor Xiaojing had four sons, the eldest son Li Yao was quite virtuous and was favored by the outside world. After the fall of Emperor Xiaojing, Li Yao stayed in Chang'an and kept his duties.
Li Yuan and his son launched a palace coup, and Li Yuan immediately ascended the throne.
Not long after, Li Yao suddenly fell ill and passed away within a few days. The attending doctor was the medical officer who returned home.
Li Yao is the eldest son. He has been filial to the emperor since he was a child and has personally watched him practice. For a person with good cultivation, what disease can be cured in a few days?
Both Cao Ying and Yiniang felt that there was a ghost inside. After arriving in Chang'an, Cao Ying started to work on this matter. He ordered Huahua to find the medical officer who had diagnosed and treated Li Yao.
The medical officer has already retired. Huahua went to his hometown alone and only returned today.
Huahua took a sip of tea and said, "The medical officer left not long after he returned home."
"What's wrong?" Cao Ying's eyes were bright and her conspiracy theories started to spin.
"It's said to be a serious illness." Huahua said, "The medical officer has two sons. One is eating, drinking, prostitution and gambling, and the other is fond of cockfighting...
After the medical officer left, it didn't take long for the two sons to lose all their family business and owe a huge debt. In the end, they disappeared."
Cao Ying coughed dryly and couldn't help but think of Yang Lue's arrangements for Yang Ding's family.
"There must be something wrong with this matter!" Cao Ying sneered.
"Yeah! I don't think it's right either." Huahua said.
"Have you ever asked?" Cao Ying felt that this matter was difficult to find out. Those two sons were probably killed by someone, and the person who did this was more ruthless than Yang Lue.
However, it was not that Yang Lue was not ruthless enough, but that he was worried that Yang Xuan would not be able to accept the fact that his adoptive parents and family were killed by his subordinates.
"No." Huahua shook her head, "But I found out that the medical officer died of poisoning."
"Who told you!" Cao Ying's eyes lit up, "Since this person knows this, he must know more. Where is he? I will go find him immediately!"
"You can't find it," Huahua said, "I dug up the doctor's grave in the middle of the night and conducted an autopsy and found traces of poisoning."
In the middle of the night, a woman was digging a grave. Under the miserable moonlight, she looked proudly at the exposed coffin, jumped down from the tomb, struggled to pry open the coffin lid... and then picked up the bones and inspected them carefully under the moonlight.
He couldn't help but raised the corners of his mouth slightly, "Ha! I've discovered it!"
Cao Ying: "..."
Jiang Xing: "..."
Zhang Ba: "..."
Huahua was stunned, "Why are you shaking?"
"Not shaking!"
The three men pretended to be calm.
"Poisoning seems to be a means of silence!" Jiang Xing stroked his beard, "In this case, Da Langjun did not die of illness, but was killed by someone else. This matter is certain."
"This matter must have been done by the false emperor." Zhang Ba gritted his teeth and said, "That old dog didn't just harm your majesty, it even harmed your majesty's children and grandchildren."
"Dalangjun was quite prestigious back then. Emperor Xuande and Empress Wu were full of praise and said that we have a good grandson. If we don't get rid of Dalangjun, the father and son will be uneasy!" Cao Ying said with hatred in her eyes, "Get rid of Dalangjun."
Mr. Lang, Mr. Erlang and Mr. Sanlang were placed under house arrest. Yang Lue took the Duke away and searched the world..."
Huahua drank tea and suddenly said: "By the way, after the medical officer returned to his hometown, he gave a lot of money to the tribe."
"This idiot!"
Cao Ying sneered and said: "The false emperor ordered him to serve as an official and return home. This is to cover up people's eyes and ears. I think he must have received a lot of benefits before he came and left. He returned home in fine clothes! Since he returned to his hometown, he naturally wanted to show off and give something to his clan members.
He wanted money and a good reputation. But what he didn't expect was that his return home would lead to death."
"You deserve it!" Zhang Ba said happily: "Die well!"
Someone said outside the door: "The birds are back."
Cao Ying's eyes lit up, "Go quickly!"
Jiang Xing hurried away.
After a long time, Jiang Xing came back with a bamboo tube.
Cao Ying took it, checked the wax seal under the gaze of the three people, opened it if there was no problem, and took out a roll of paper from the bamboo tube.
After opening it, he looked at it carefully.
There was water in his eyes. Jiang Xing coughed dryly and said, "Don't cry, Lao Cao."
Jiang Xing said eagerly: "What is the news? But the Duke is not good?" After saying that, he twitched the corner of his mouth a few times, "Bah, bah, bah! Look at what nonsense I am talking about. The Duke is well-educated, and he has
If metaphysics is on the side, how can anything happen?"
He has strong cultivation... even the corner of Huahua's mouth twitched when he said this.
Yang Guogong's cultivation level is even inferior to that of his wife!
But what happened at home made Cao Ying cry.
The three of them were so anxious that they wished they could snatch it away
note.
Cao Ying raised her head and wiped away her old tears, "I am old and my eye sockets are shallow."
"That's what you said!" Zhang Ba glared.
Cao Ying looked at the three of them and said slowly: "The Duke said his surname is Li."
Zhang Ba's lips trembled and his eyes were sore, "Is this day finally coming?"
Jiang Xing was already in tears and choked up: "I have been waiting for this day for many years!"
Huahua curled her lips, "I knew it was time for the Duke to change his surname."
Cao Ying took a deep breath and suppressed her sadness, "With the unification of the Northern Territory, it will be difficult to suppress the conflict between Chang'an and Northern Xinjiang. In this case, let's take action! The time is just right!"
The three of them lamented for a long time, and Huahua couldn't bear her temper. "When I came here, I found a lot of people watching nearby. Do you want to take action or something?"
Cao Ying slapped her forehead and said, "On behalf of the state bus, let us hide in the Chang'an market."
Jiang Xing went out for a trip, and when he came back, he saw Cao Ying chatting with Huahua.
"When the Duke was born, it was quite strange. There was a red light looming in the delivery room..."
Jiang Xing rolled his eyes, "Old Cao, it's done."
Cao Ying said: "We have to wait."
"What are you waiting for?" Jiang Xing was puzzled.
Cao Ying said: "Mr. Zhou."
"That's right. Once the uncle of the Zhou family returns to his original surname, the pseudo-emperor will be panicked and will definitely be angry. Otherwise, the Zhou family will not be able to escape."
Jiang Xing said seriously, but his expression was relaxed.
Huahua asked: "Aren't you worried?"
Jiang Xing shook his head, "Zhou, you are a giant!"
Historically, it is not a good thing for a queen to have a strong background.
As someone who was loyal to the emperor back then, Cao Ying knew this, and so did Jiang Xing.
If Zhou was seriously injured, it would actually not be a bad thing.
Cao Ying sighed, "I don't know what Mrs. Zhou will think when I leave."
…
After learning that the Shegu tribe was destroyed, Zhou Zun returned to Zhongshu.
There was still nothing to do, but Zhou Zun didn't care and read the book with relish in the check-in room.
Chang Mu, an aide, came in and said, "Mr. Lang, someone outside sent a message, asking you to come home. I have something urgent to see you."
Zhou Zun frowned, "Who is he?"
"My aunt in Northern Xinjiang's staff, Cao Ying."
"Is this a big deal?" It must be a big deal for Cao Ying to get someone to tell her.
Zhou Zun had nothing to do, so he stood up and said, "Tell them, I will go out for inspection."
The Vice Minister of Zhongshu went on an inspection tour and said that it would make the censors shameless.
After hurriedly returning home, Cao Ying was drinking tea at the door.
"I have met Duke Zhou." Cao Ying saluted.
"Why don't you go to Aye's place?" Zhou Zun asked.
"This matter is important, it's best to talk about it together." Cao Ying said.
"That's fine!"
Later, Zhou Qin also came. The three met in Zhou's quiet room. The outside was guarded by close guards, making it difficult for birds to enter.
"Zitai wants to rebel?" Zhou Qin asked with bright eyes.
"The Duke never breaks his promise!" Cao Ying said.
For a moment, Cao Ying saw Zhou Qin and Zhou Zun, father and son, looking sad.
Zhou Qin said in a deep voice: "Zitai unified the Northern Territory, and the territory under his jurisdiction was not inferior to that of the Tang Dynasty. The Northern Territory Army was even more powerful in the world. If he didn't take action, he would be more vigorous. He would just wait for the opportunity to come.
Then the army will attack."
"The kindness of women!"
My father-in-law was impatient and said with some sadness: "Don't he know that he has no way out? I swear, I can think of hundreds of reasons for him to break his promise at this moment."
Cao Ying coughed dryly, "The Duke keeps his promise, I think it is a virtue."
"But the general trend is like this, will he stick to the north from now on?" Zhou Qin shook his head, "The situation will change. Northern Xinjiang seems strong at the moment, but what about ten years later? What about twenty years later? Chang'an will be watching him, the emperor and
Recently, the family members have
We are discussing the expansion of the army. As soon as I asked, it was 200,000!"
The great victory in Northern Xinjiang put too much pressure on Chang'an. The emperor and the aristocratic families couldn't wait to announce the expansion of the army by 200,000, just to give the world a reassurance.
"The Duke has asked me to come here to tell you that he has been hiding something from you all these years."
"What's the matter?" Zhou Qin asked with a frown.
Cao Ying said: "His surname is not Yang."
This kid drank too much... Zhou Zun said angrily: "Then what's his last name?"