Qian Guanghan immediately said: "My lord, I will die even if I die." He struggled to get up, but as soon as his buttocks were raised, his body trembled, he was weak and sat down, and he coughed violently again.
"Master, you must not go there if you are like this." Pan Weixing shook his head and said with a bitter smile.
Qian Guanghan looked remorseful and said, "If it hadn't been for the sword injury that night, I wouldn't be like this now."
"By the way, His Highness has made up his mind to exterminate the Taihu bandits, but what he is worried about now is the lack of military resources." Pan Weixing said in a low voice: "His Highness is worried that the encirclement and suppression of the Taihu bandits will cost a lot, and the Ministry of Revenue may not be able to allocate that much money. To build ships, it is also necessary to
We need to mobilize sailors from other places. Your Majesty knows that our Jiangnan navy has too few troops and only has a dozen or so warships, which are no match for the Taihu pirates...!"
Before Qian Guanghan could speak, he saw a servant coming from behind, coming close to Qian Guanghan's ear and whispering a few words.
Qian Guanghan frowned, glanced at Pan Weixing, a sneer appeared on the corner of his lips, and said lightly: "Let Mr. Yuan handle it."
The man bowed his hands and stepped back.
Pan Weixing had already picked up the tea cup and was about to drink tea when Qian Guanghan looked at Pan Weixing and said with a smile: "Master Governor, why didn't you say something when the princess was leaving? I haven't paid my respects to the princess yet. She only arrived yesterday. Today
Just leave, aren’t you a little anxious?”
Pan Weixing stopped holding the tea and turned to look at Qian Guanghan.
Qian Guanghan's old and sick look just now disappeared at this moment, his eyes sharpened, and his body straightened up.
"Master, what do you mean?"
Qian Guanghan smiled lightly and said, "I heard that the purple-robed prison officer, Mr. Chen, was escorting the princess out of the city."
"There is no such thing as this!" Pan Weixing put down his tea cup and said solemnly: "The princess wants to sit in Suzhou and command the extermination of Taihu bandits. How can she leave now?"
Qian Guanghan raised his hand to stroke his beard and said with a smile: "Just now, Qin Xiao led a group of officers and soldiers from the Governor's Mansion to Taixuan Temple and left through the main gate, but this was just to deceive others and attract attention. Chen Xi changed his clothes and went to the back door of the Governor's Mansion.
A carriage has been prepared, and several men in cloth are escorting a woman into the carriage, and they are now heading out of the city. Sir Governor, isn't the woman who got on the carriage a princess?"
Pan Weixing looked a little panicked and pretended to be calm: "Is there...is there such a thing? I don't know about it."
Qian Guanghan sighed: "Master Governor, of course you came here today not to visit me, but just to hold me back."
"My officer...Why do I want to hold you back?"
"Of course I'm worried that if I know that the princess is leaving the city, I will send someone to stop her." Qian Guanghan stared at Pan Weixing with his eyes fixed on him and said, "The governor is really a loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty."
Pan Weixing tried his best to calm down: "The princess can come and go freely. Even if she goes out of the city, she may be inspecting the public sentiment. So what's so strange? I really can't understand what you are saying."
Qian Guanghan sighed: "Now that things have happened, why do you need to hide it from me?" He clapped his hands, and then two people came out from behind. The first one was Suzhou Biejiawei Tairan, followed closely by Suzhou.
The prefect Liang Jiangyuan.
"You...?" Pan Weixing's body was shaken.
When the two of them stepped forward, they both bowed their hands to Pan Weixing.
"Tairan, why are you here?"
"Didn't your Excellency send a subordinate to discuss with the old lady about donating military resources?" Wei Tairan said with a smile: "The old lady agreed, as long as the princess is determined to destroy the Taihu pirates, she will give out any amount of money." Pan Weixing said with a cold face.
He said, "I'm asking you why you didn't go back to the Yamen to report?"
"Because the official is worried that after returning to the Yamen, he will never be able to come out again." Wei Tairan sighed: "Of course you already know that the official is taking orders from the old man. If you suspect that the old man is treason, you will naturally not let him go."
Pan Weixing's pupils contracted.
Liang Jiangyuan took a step forward, not as respectful as Wei Tairan, and said loudly: "Master Governor, we don't have to beat around the bush. We are indeed rebelling, but we are not traitors to the Tang Dynasty, but loyal ministers who help the Tang Dynasty. The Demon Fox of Kyoto
That's the real rebellion. She usurped the throne and killed loyal ministers indiscriminately. If you want to be a loyal minister, you should join us in revolting against her."
Pan Weixing looked grim and suddenly laughed.
"Is this funny?" Liang Jiangyuan's face darkened.
Pan Weixing stroked his beard and said, "How many of you are going to cause trouble? It turns out that you are really traitors to the Party, and Qin Xiao is right on his word."
"Qin Xiao thought he was smart and led people to rescue Taixuan Guan, but we immediately saw that he was trying to lure the tiger away from the mountain." Liang Jiangyuan snorted coldly: "She Yue wanted to leave in disguise and leave through the back door, and that Young Supervisor Chen also dressed up as usual.
But we were watching the front and back doors of the Governor's Mansion, and we knew the news as soon as She Yue left the Governor's Mansion."
However, Qian Guanghan raised his hand and signaled Liang Jiangyuan not to say more. He looked at Pan Weixing and said earnestly: "Master Pan, you are the governor of Suzhou. If you can join forces with me and give a call, Suzhou will have thousands of followers. You are the Tang Dynasty."
My ministers should not serve the demon fox."
"Qian Guanghan, are you really rebelling for the Tang Dynasty?" Pan Weixing glanced at Qian Guanghan coldly.
Qian Guanghan remained calm and said with a smile: "That's natural."
"Even if you are really helping the Tang Dynasty, how can you compete with the Tang Dynasty with your little strength?" Pan Weixing calmed down at this time and sneered: "Is it possible that Liu Hongju's three thousand soldiers and horses can defeat the Tang Dynasty?"
Don overturned?"
Qian Guanghan shook his head and said: "Three thousand soldiers and horses, of course, are just a drop in the bucket, and it is absolutely impossible to eradicate the demon fox." After a pause, he said: "But the Queen Mother has tens of thousands of people, and they want a clear world, so they will naturally fight to be the first.
"
Pan Weixing frowned and looked directly at Qian Guanghan: "Are you really from the Queen Mother Society?"
"Qingzhou Queen Mother Association has been taking the eradication of demon foxes as its mission since the first day it was founded." Qian Guanghan said slowly: "Mr. Pan naturally doesn't know that when the Queen Mother Association was developing in Qingzhou in full swing, our Jiangnan family was behind it.
But it took a lot of effort.”
Pan Weixing's expression suddenly changed and he said in shock: "Could it be...!"
"That's right." Qian Guanghan smiled and said, "Without the Jiangnan Aristocratic Family, there would be no Queen Mother Society."
Pan Weixing's hands and feet were cold, and he never expected that the Jiangnan family had secretly planned a rebellion ten years ago.
"The inner treasury was stolen, naturally it was also your work?"
Qian Guanghan was full of energy at this moment and said calmly: "If nothing happens to the internal treasury, how can She Yue be willing to come to Jiangnan?"
"Wangtang...!"
"Wang Tang's family members are indeed in the hands of the Queen Mother Association, but not in Taihu." Now, Qian Guanghan has no need to hide it: "His family members are all in our hands. To protect the lives of his family, naturally he can only obey our instructions.
.However, until his death, Wang Tang only knew that he was being coerced by the Queen Mother Association, but he did not know that I was also a member of the Queen Mother Association."
To coerce Wang Tang, Qian Guanghan certainly could not come forward in person, or even let Wang Tang know that the real instigator behind it was the Qian family.
"So in this plan, you want to kill two birds with one stone." Pan Wei sighed: "Using the internal treasury to be stolen to lure His Highness to Jiangnan, and in addition, blaming all this on Linghu Xuan, hoping to use the imperial court to wipe out the Taihu fishermen. Linghu
There are tens of thousands of people under Xuan's command, and hundreds of ships are searching. Taihu Lake is in the hinterland of Jiangnan. If you want to rebel, the one who can pose a threat to you in Jiangnan is Linghu Xuan. Therefore, if you can use the power of the imperial court to eradicate the Taihu bandits, it will naturally be a dream.
.”
Wei Tairan smiled and said: "My lord's mind is still very clear."
"Qiao Shenggong has been bribed by you a long time ago, and he put on a good show. He cooperated with Wang Tang to sing every part of the drama and confirmed that the Taihu pirates are the Queen Mother Society." Pan Weixing said calmly: "With the financial resources of your Qian family, it is really difficult to bribe Qiao Shenggong.
Disaster."
Wei Tairan smiled and said: "Everyone has weaknesses. If you want to deal with a person, start with his weaknesses. Qiao Shenggong is as lustful as life, but how can those untouchables in Taihu produce beautiful women? It only takes two women.
Let Qiao Shenggong kneel down."
Pan Weixing ignored Wei Tairan, looked at Qian Guanghan and said: "I can understand Wang Tang and Qiao Shenggong's opera. But why did Dong Yuan die? The assassination that night was naturally staged by you, and the purpose was to frame Dong Yuan.
."
"Framing Dong Yuan is actually not the ultimate goal." Qian Guanghan sighed: "The Dong family is the second largest family in Suzhou and has strong financial resources. If the Dong family can join us, it will naturally be even more powerful. As early as many years ago, we sent people to secretly
Probing, but Dong Yuan was ignorant of current affairs and refused flatly. He even thought about reporting it to the government, but he didn't dare to act rashly without the evidence. After the incident, we did not continue to act rashly, but Dong Yuan did not forget the matter.
Two years ago, he suddenly secretly investigated the Queen Mother Association. Half a year ago, he had already begun to suspect me...!"
"So he must die." Pan Weixing said puzzledly: "Since you already noticed that he suspected you half a year ago, why haven't you done anything yet?" He glanced at Wei Tairan and Liang Jiangyuan and sneered: "Suzhou has both black and white.
Your people, if you really want to get rid of Dong Yuan, it will be easy."
"Killing Dong Yuan is of course easier than killing a chicken." Qian Guanghan stroked his beard and said: "But Dong Yuan is the patriarch of the second largest family in Suzhou after all. He is in good health. If he dies suddenly and mysteriously, it will definitely cause trouble.
Storm. Before this plan, I don’t want to see any changes in Suzhou.”
Pan Weixing's eyes flashed and he said: "And there was a banquet that night, so it was time to take action."
"Of course that assassin will not kill Master Pan, but I blocked the sword for you that night." Qian Guanghan said calmly, with a kind smile.
Pan Weixing said with a smile: "At the banquet that night, Mr. Qian killed three birds with one stone."
"Oh?" Qian Guanghan said, "I'd like to hear your advice!"
"When the assassin appears, you step forward and block my sword. In this way, you will appear to be loyal to the court. Naturally, no one will doubt that you are a member of the Queen Mother Society, so you can win my trust." Pan Wei said slowly.
He said slowly: "Secondly, you just took this opportunity to get rid of Dong Yuan, a big trouble in your heart. Finally, you just happened to use Dong Yuan to do things again. Linghu Xuan is the bitter sea general of the Queen Mother Association, Mr. Qian. This trick of killing three birds with one stone is really clever.
"
"It's not clever, it's not clever." Qian Guanghan shook his head and said: "Originally, the evidence of this series of schemes is conclusive, which can completely prove that the Taihu bandits are members of the Queen Mother's congregation. When She Yue arrives in Jiangnan, she should plan to wipe out the Taihu bandits, but no matter how hard it is,
But I didn't expect that the two people in Kyoto would see the flaw. If those two people, like the adults, believe that the Taihu pirates are the rebels, today will definitely be a different situation. Mr. Qian, She Yue so quickly judged that I was behind the scenes.
The instigation was naturally due to the two men's advice to She Yue. With this plan, I really wanted to kill two birds with one stone. First, to lure She Yue to the south of the Yangtze River, and secondly, to use She Yue's hands to get rid of the Taihu bandits. Now it seems that one of them