Feng Pingqing put down the secret letter he had just read, with a little puzzled expression, "Master, General Yang actually robbed the prison? This is really strange."
Although the murderer who killed eight rogues came from the Marquis' Mansion in Zhenbian, he must be the guards of the Marquis' Mansion. Zhang, who was imprisoned, would definitely not be able to find the guards to prove his innocence.
However, the Yang family has absolute control in Longyoudao. It is not difficult to find the murdered guards. It only takes energy. The robbery of prison is the worst strategy. After all, the Yang family has caused rumors of prison robbery before it has recovered.
, The public speaks of gold and the accumulation of bones is destroyed. Isn’t the Yang family afraid of the memorials’ complaints?
"This is indeed not like Yang Shoucheng's actions, but if others robbed the prison, Yang Shoucheng would definitely know." Zhang Minxian touched his beard and looked solemn. This matter was strange, which made Zhang Minxian feel inexplicably in his heart.
A foreboding premonition.
Thinking of the Xiangwu County, which is now hidden in the hidden dragons and tigers, Feng Pingjing bowed to the direction of the capital, "Can it be the order given by the capital?"
Feng Pingqing thought carefully that if it was not for the Yang family, the current emperor would be the most likely to be.
"At that time, the old general Yang was accused of colluding with the enemy and treason. The emperor knew that it might be a false accusation, but no one continued to investigate. Instead, he closed the case and seized the military power of the Yang family. Now the emperor wants to restore the Yang family and give the Yang family a show of goodwill. It is possible to give the Yang family a good example.
.” Zhang Minxian suddenly regretted that he was in trouble and putting some damage to the Yang family.
With a long sigh, Zhang Minxian had no majesty as a magnificent mansion, and his voice was filled with sighs and feelings, "It is easy to add icing on the cake, but it is difficult to provide timely help. I was still too young back then. If I had a long-term vision, the Zhang family would not have been able to do it today.
Facing such a difficult situation.”
"Master, who would have expected that the emperor would be willing to return the military power to the Yang family. God's will is unpredictable, and it is not a human fault." Feng Pingqing got up and walked to the table, poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to Zhang who was sitting in the main seat.
Min Xian, "Master, even if there is no Zhang family, Young Master Xu is ashamed of the Zhang family and the Zhou family, and it doesn't think the impact is very big."
In fact, Zhang is also a hot potato for the Yang family’s father and son. He can’t be killed or kept. It’s still disgusting. Feng Pingqing really admires Yang Shoucheng’s mind at this point. A high-level general was cuckolded by his wife.
Moreover, the adulterer was also the mortal enemy of the Yang family. Yang Shoucheng could actually resist killing Zhang, and he had to endure it for so many years.
After taking a sip of hot tea, the depression in his chest was dispelled. Zhang Minxian said in a deep voice: "It would be okay if she had been imprisoned in the prison of Xiangwu County, but now the person is missing. This variable is not a blessing for the Zhang family.
It's still a disaster."
Zhang Minxian was still talking to his aide Feng Pingqing, and hurried footsteps suddenly came from outside the study. The two of them couldn't help but stop talking, and both got up and walked towards the door.
"Master." The one who walked quickly was the old housekeeper of the Zhang family. He was the scholar-in-law of the prefect Zhang back then. Later, he became the housekeeper and had been managing the Zhang family for many years. It can be said that he is the most trusted subordinate of the Zhang family father and son.
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The old butler knew some secrets that even Feng Pingjing didn't know. Of course, when the old butler got older in the future, Zhang's family taught him to Zhang Minxian, maybe Feng Pingjing would take over the old butler's burden.
"Uncle Quan." Motion to the old housekeeper into the study. Zhang Minxian looked at Feng Ping and closed the door, and then asked: "What's wrong? Uncle Quan looked so panicked?"
"Master, please see." The old housekeeper took out a secret letter from his arms and handed it over, "This is someone put it on the old servant's table."
Zhang Minxian opened the letter and looked at it. His expression suddenly changed. There was only a short sentence on the letter: Zhang was in the small red maple courtyard in the south of the city.
"This?" Feng Pingqing was also stunned when he saw the letter. Zhang, who was just discussing the whereabouts with the master, had her whereabouts.
Although the old housekeeper didn't know that Zhang was robbed of prison last night, he knew that Zhang was detained in a cell in Xiangwu County for murder. This was also the reason why Lao Jian looked panicked after seeing the letter.
A prisoner appeared in the Hongfeng Courtyard, which made people think that the master was the one who robbed the prison.
"I have already investigated my official's situation in Hongfeng Courtyard!" Zhang Minxian threw the letter into the charcoal basin with a look of surprise.
There are no more than five people in this Red Maple Courtyard. This is just in the early years. Zhang Minxian thought he had saved a woman from Jiangnan. Unlike the tall and big skeletons of women from northern China, the woman from Jiangnan has a tall and big skeleton.
A delicate and graceful figure and a soft voice like water, singing a Jiangnan song can lure away a man's soul.
Zhang Minxian was full of energy when he entered and left the officialdom, and had the ambition and revenge of awakening the power of the world and lying drunk on the beautiful woman's knees. So he impulsively arranged to live in the Hongfeng Courtyard, which was his private property.
Unfortunately, the beauty is poor. Zhang Minxian lived a year of red sleeves and fragrant life. However, because she was pregnant, she was not used to the cold climate of Linzhou Prefecture. She couldn't afford to get sick and finally had a child who was more than three months old.
The soul has returned to the west.
Zhang Minxian was injured for half a year and never went to Hongfeng Courtyard again. He only left two servants to guard the yard and were responsible for cleaning.
If it weren't for the fact that the Red Maple Garden mentioned on the letter just now, Zhang Minxian, who was busy with official business, would have almost forgotten the courtyard. After all, it had been ten years in a flash.
The letter was sent, and the old housekeeper left the study.
Feng Pingqing looked at Zhang Minxian with a dim look and asked, "Master, if you are worried, I can take a trip on behalf of the Master."
Linzhou Prefecture is not far from Xiangwu County, but it is definitely not close. Zhang was robbed from the county jail last night, but now he appears in Linzhou Prefecture. This is not a problem of rushing to the road, but the other party can
The Zhang family brought Linzhou Prefecture without disturbing any force, which made people have to be wary of it.
"This is the charge of being robbed from prison on the Zhang family." Zhang Minxian's thin face was solemn, but his eyes were filled with murderous intent.
"It seems that it is definitely not what the emperor did, but it is probably the Yang family." Feng Pingqing was not sure before, but Zhang appeared in Linzhou Prefecture and was in the Hongfeng Courtyard. This is obviously the Yang family wants the Zhang family to let the Zhang family go.
Take the blame.
Zhang Minxian looked outside the window. It was dark in winter, and the lanterns under the corridor were lit at this moment. "Wait until midnight to pass."
In Xiangwu County, Zhang Minxian, a co-priest, was nothing, and could only suppress the seventh-rank magistrate Zhu County. Who made Xiangwu County now crouching tigers and hidden dragons besides the aristocratic families that the Zhang family could not afford to offend.
But this is Linzhou Prefecture and the territory of the Zhang family, so it will be much more convenient for Zhang Minxian to do.
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The Red Maple Garden is located in the southern suburbs of Linzhou Prefecture. It is named after the red maple trees planted in the backyard. There are many villages in this area, covering a large area, and the owners are all aristocratic families in Linzhou Prefecture.
A few years ago, the wife of the head might have brought her children to a village in the southern suburbs to live in a short distance, but later the road was difficult to pass due to a landslide on the mountain road.
Moreover, there are not many villages with pleasant scenery in the wealthy family. The villages in the southern suburbs have been built for 20 years. From houses to furniture are outdated, so the roads are difficult to pass, and there are almost no one in each house.
After that, he sent loyal servants to take care of them, sending some vegetables and chickens and ducks to the mansion every month.
So at midnight, there was no moonlight, and the darkness in the southern suburbs could not see the five fingers, and the sound of the wind was whistling. Looking around, there was no light in the village here.
"Master, no one has come out since the afternoon." Zhang Minxian had just turned over and got off the horse, and the leader of the guard who sent to guard Zhuangzi appeared immediately.
In the darkness, Zhang Minxian was also wearing a black night-mounted dress, and even the four hooves of the horse sitting down were wrapped in cotton cloth, so along the way, there was no sound at all.
"How many people are there?" Zhang Minxian asked, looking at the dark Zhuangzi.
"I was worried that I would startle the snake, so my subordinates did not dare to go in and investigate, but based on my subordinates' inference, the number of people on the other side would not exceed ten." Although I did not go in, the guards also observed from a distance in the dark.
After Zhang Minxian saw the letter sent by the old housekeeper in the afternoon, although the person did not come, he arranged guards to come. Not only were there twenty people arranged around Zhuangzi, but ten people lurked on the official road not far away.
There are still people in the city to respond. Once the enemy is good at martial arts, even if the enemy is very skilled in martial arts, Zhang Minxian won because there are many people. He will definitely be able to catch a turtle in a jar and not allow one person to escape.
"Master?" Seeing Zhang Minxian going to go in directly, the guard commander beside him spoke at the same time and Feng Pingqing. He was not sure whether there were enemies or friends in the village. The master might be in danger if he rashly went in.
"It's okay, since the other party dares to deliver a letter, he will definitely not attack me." Zhang Minxian replied indifferently, pushed open the door, and after a creaking sound, he walked towards the yard with big strides.
Seeing this, Feng Pingqing and the guards immediately followed. No matter whether there was any danger or not, as subordinates, they must not let the master take risks alone.