"Yan'er, how to deal with Zhang Qing?" Zhao Qiechen asked, and Luo Bei on the side also stepped forward.
"Don't worry, Bei'er, you go to Qingxiang to check if the news is true, and then find someone to find where Han Qiaoer is placed. If the news is true, we will follow our original practice of rescuing people first and then executing them.
"Xia Jingyan took a sip of tea and spoke lightly.
Also, Xia Jingyan would not be afraid since he had many murders, but Zhao Qiechen was still worried.
"Yan'er, if you were killing someone else, I wouldn't care about you, but Zhang Qing..." Zhao Qiechen suddenly stopped.
Xia Jingyan was a little surprised. Zhao Qichen stopped him for the rare time. Although he was surprised, he still wanted to ask for details.
"Yan'er doesn't have to be killed, but brother Qiechen, what are your concerns? What's wrong with Zhang Qing?"
"Actually, the prince has heard about Zhang Qing's affairs, but he is more concerned about the overall situation than you and I. I also know something about Zhang Qing's family, who have been officials for generations since his great-grandfather, assisting seven generations of emperors.
He has great power and involves too many things. If he is killed, the officialdom of Dongjiang will probably be shaken, and..."
Zhao Qichen's eyes were a little wandering, and he didn't know whether he should say this or not.
"Brother Qiechen has something to say, but it doesn't matter. What else can't be said between you and me?" Xia Jingyan handed Zhao Qiechen a cup of tea.
"And...I heard that Zhang Qing and King Su are also connected."
"Uncle!"
Fang Zongli, you don’t know that when he lost his temper, he dared to hit even my father.”
"Is that so?"
"Yeah!" Xia Jingyan nodded heavily.
"Then my news must be untrue. We'll have to investigate further, but it's true that Yan'er and Zhang Qing are involved in many things. We still need to discuss his matter in the long run."
"Okay, then I will try to go to Zhang Qing's house first to find out the news."
"good."
Zhao Qichen and Xia Jingyan dispersed. Zhao Qichen and Luobei rushed to Qingxiang. Xia Jingyan dismissed the others and left Li Ruomei with him. By chance, Xia Jingxuan had something in his hand that he wanted to give to Zhang Qing, and he was about to send someone there.
Xia Jingyan hurriedly volunteered to take over the task, and immediately took Li Ruomei in a carriage to Zhang Mansion.
"It's such a trivial matter, why did the princess come in person? Just send a servant!" As soon as they arrived at Zhang's house, it didn't take long for Zhang Qing to invite Xia Jingyan in with his flattering face.
"Second brother is always busy. As a younger sister, it's good for me to be able to share some of the burden. Besides, Master Zhang's matter is not a trivial matter."
Xia Jingyan and Zhang Qing talked to each other to coax ghosts, and each had a conspiracy in his heart.
Zhang Qing thought: This girl Xia Jingyan is the favorite of Prince Xia and Marquis Weiling! If you please her, you will definitely have smooth sailing for the rest of your life.
How did he know that Xia Jingyan was here to deal with him!
"Since the princess is here, why not have lunch in the humble cottage before leaving. My little daughter, Xiaguan, ever since I saw you on the day of the sacrifice to heaven, I have been thinking about seeing you again every day!"
Zhang Qing smiled apologetically.
Xia Jingyan also smiled and nodded. When Zhang Qing saw him, he immediately asked his servants to summon his wives, concubines, and children to talk to Xia Jingyan.
Xia Jingyan originally thought that he just came here for a walk to see the situation in Zhang Qing's house, but Zhang Qing actually took it as an opportunity to be reused and summoned more than a hundred people in the house.
To please Xia Jingyan, Xia Jingyan was completely stunned, but he could only bite the bullet and chat with them with a fake smile.
Those young masters of the Zhang family still had to let Xia Jingyan watch them practice swordsmanship. To be honest, Xia Jingyan really wanted to show them what they were practicing!
This was so passionate that Xia Jingyan really wanted to say: "Please let me go..."
After lunch was finally finished, the Zhang family was still trying to find another reason to keep Xia Jingyan. Xia Jingyan was really frightened and refused in every possible way and insisted on leaving. The Zhang family couldn't keep her, so they had no choice but to let her go.
Xia Jingyan walked out the door with a straight face, rubbed his face, and his face froze with laughter!
On the carriage, everyone was surrounded by his own people, so Xia Jingyan spoke to Li Ruomei.
"Princess Princess, when you were just talking to Zhang Qing's family, I saw that no one was paying attention. I walked around the Zhang Mansion for a long time, looking at every corner. My little girl is not in the house. This... where will the little girl go?
What?" Li Ruomei was so anxious that her head was covered with sweat.
"Old madam, if you were Zhang Qing, and you robbed someone, and you knew that someone would come to check your house from time to time, would you keep the person in your house?" Xia Jingyan's expression was very calm, and he asked Li Ruomei.
"Uh...yes...that little girl?"
"Of course it's hidden outside. When I was chatting with Zhang Qing's wife just now, she said that she knew that Zhang Qing had many outhouses outside. He didn't hide it with his wife, she just said that he was raising her in the old house.
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"Then the little girl is also in that old house?!" Li Ruomei had hope on her face, but it was quickly extinguished by Xia Jingyan.
"Not necessarily. After all, Han Qiaoer is different from the outer room, and she may not be in the old house."
Li Ruomei lowered her head with tears in her eyes. Han Qiaoer was her only relative in this world. If Han Qiaoer was gone, then she might as well go to hell as soon as possible to be with her.
"My princess has sent people to investigate secretly. I know that you are Han Qiaoer's mother. It's normal to be anxious. This princess won't say anything to you, but it's okay to cry next to my princess. But when you meet outsiders, you must not show any emotions.
, otherwise, if Zhang Qing finds out, he will definitely kill Han Qiaoer to avoid future troubles, and then you will harm her."
"Yes, yes, I will take care of my daughter and will not cause trouble to the princess and Qiaoer..."
Xia Jingyan saw that Li Ruomei was really pitiful, so he handed a handkerchief to Li Ruomei and secretly asked Luobei to send more people to track down Han Qiaoer's location.
It is conceivable that Tianzhu Pavilion's tracing capabilities are unmatched by any organization in Sijiang.
Luobei quickly rushed to Qingxiang, inquired about Li Ruomei's family, and also inspected the township chief's house, and found that the township chief had indeed been replaced, and that the township chief was a well-known local profiteer. In Qingxiang, Li Ruomei's family was in trouble.
Everyone knew it, but it couldn't reach the capital. Luobei found out that someone had really blocked the news.
Li Ruomei once ran away because she had no hope of filing a complaint in Qingxiang, and wanted to file a complaint at a higher level. However, she finally escaped from Qingxiang, and when she sued again in Yunxian County, she was beaten back to Qingxiang. This investigation,
It really shocked Luobei. In Dongjiang, some officials had secretly been replaced by Zhang Qing's people.
Although they were just minor officials, they were so densely packed that Zhang Qing's power was really scary. The court was not aware of the replacement of these officials, which meant that some supervisory personnel were also replaced by Zhang Qing.
This is doing something big in silence!
Zhang Qing pretends to be loyal on the surface, but who knows that he is very ambitious behind the scenes.
By controlling the officialdom step by step in this way, it is self-evident what he wants to do.
An incident involving Li Ruomei actually led to so many things. Luobei was so shocked that he didn't have time to rush back, so he sent a letter to Xia Jingyan first.
No one expected that this letter would fall into Zhou Ranzhuo's hands.
Ever since they found out that Xia Jingyan was the leader of Tianzhu Pavilion, Zhou Ranzhuo and Gu Yun paid more attention to it. It was self-evident what kind of benefits Tianzhu Pavilion would bring to Zhou State.
Zhou Ranzhuo can still distinguish clearly between love and interests.
The homing pigeon flew into Prince Xia's mansion, and before it reached Xia Jingyan's hands, Gu Yun shot it down with an arrow. Gu Yun took the letter and handed it to Zhou Ranzhuo.
Zhou Ranzhuo looked at it carefully and was shocked. Zhang Qing looked inconspicuous. He usually worked honestly, but he had such ambitions. It is true that you can't just look at people by their appearance. People's hearts are unpredictable.
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"Cousin, what should we do? Do you want to take care of it?" Gu Yun was a little worried.
The situation in Dongjiang is chaotic, and matters in the officialdom will definitely affect Zhou's actions.
Gu Yun was worried that Zhang Qing would affect the current situation, but as soon as he finished asking, he saw Zhou Ranzhuo smiling inexplicably.
"Cousin, why are you laughing?" Gu Yun was confused.
"Our opportunity has come." Zhou Ranzhuo patted Gu Yun on the shoulder.
"ah?"
Gu Yun expressed even more doubts, but Zhou Ranzhuo still smiled and turned his back to invite Gu Yun into the house.
"Of course we have to take care of this matter. Yan'er has a short temper. If Zhang Qing really hurts the people, her temper will definitely kill Zhang Qing with a thousand knives. But after all, Zhang Qing is involved too much, and Zhao Qichen will not just
If Yan'er is allowed to kill Zhang Qing so unscrupulously, the officialdom will be completely in chaos and cannot be controlled."
"So... what should we do? Should we use secret guards to help the princess?"
"You!" Zhou Ranzhuo knocked Gu Yun on the head, "You are so stupid. What if we call the secret guard and are discovered? You drank too much soju!"
"What should we do? Is Zhang Qing dead or not?" Gu Yun asked, covering his head.
"Zhang Qing must die. The power of Tianzhu Pavilion does not need our help at all with force. It depends on our brains." Zhou Ranzhuo smiled as if there was something happy in his family.
"How to use it? Cousin, please don't keep telling me about it. You were the first to know that I was not mentally healthy!"
"Zhang Qing wants to be eliminated, but the officialdom he has established cannot be eliminated for a while. At this time, will someone need to replace him?"
"Oh!" Gu Yun suddenly realized.
"Zhang Qing's own position is not small. He is a high-ranking official in the imperial court. He has some real power in his hands. Coupled with the chess game he has set up himself, this is a huge benefit to us."
"Then how do you know that if Zhang Qing dies, the prince will give you his position?"
"Because..." Zhou Ranzhuo paused, "There is no one available for the prince anymore."
When Gu Yun thought about it, it was true that Xia Jingsheng seemed to be harmonious with all the ministers. Of course, there were many people who were loyal to him, but everyone already had multiple roles, and the new people he was training now were also
Without being tested, who knows what they are like. Xia Jingsheng is very suspicious. He would not dare to use this person unless he has a clear understanding of people from all the nine upper clans and eighteen generations.
The only person Xia Jingsheng can use now is Zhou Ranzhuo.
Zhou Ranzhuo is right, this is a good opportunity. If it succeeds, it will be easier to get the real power of Dongjiang, control people's hearts, and win Dongjiang.
"My cousin is right. Then I will hand over a carrier pigeon to Yuqing Pavilion."