Fu Song

Chapter 305 Confirmation
Xu Wuyan looked at the strange face opposite him in surprise and anger.

Today is the day for the Xiao family to visit Xiao Yu, which was what Xia Jie, the chief assistant, personally agreed to, but today, they cannot come in.

The officer from Yuqian Squad was like a gourd with a mouthful of mouth, no matter what Xu Wuyan said, he always said three words: You can't enter.

Xu Wuyan knew that something must have happened.

The Yuqian squad immediately surrounded Yushitai, and took over all the guards of Yushitai and cut off internal and external communication. This has never been heard of in Xu Wuyan's decades of life in Bianliang.

Yushitai is not any other yamen, the official is humble but powerful, it is a place that makes all officials daunted.

Without an order from today, how could the gangsters appear in this place.

What is so special about the current Yushitai?

The person in charge of his own family is locked inside.

He trotted a few steps, and when he got to the horse, he said in a low voice through the car window: "Ma'am, I'm afraid, I'm afraid something happened to the master, so they won't let us in to visit."

The car curtain swung open, revealing Mrs. Han's panicked face: "What could happen? What could happen?"

Xu Wuyan shook his head: "I don't know, but it must be a major event, otherwise, the imperial squadron would not have appeared here. The person in charge of guarding here is Zhang Chao's son Zhang Cheng. Great merit, it is said that he is going to Hebei Road to serve as Zheng Xiong's lieutenant."

The meaning in Xu Wuyan's words is very clear, for a high-ranking general like Zhang Cheng to come to do the job of guarding the gate, of course, this is a big deal.

The door of the carriage was opened with a bang, and a petite figure jumped out of the carriage amidst Mrs. Han's shouts, and trotted up the high steps of Yushitai Yamen.

The samurai in front of the door stretched out his hand to stop him, but the petite figure stared angrily and shouted, "Go away!"

The outstretched hands of the class members froze in mid-air, and finally stepped aside.

But behind them, the scarlet door was still tightly closed.

"Zhang Cheng, open the door, open the door!" The woman slammed her fist on the door with a loud thud.

"Miss Xiao San, no one is allowed to enter or leave Yushitai without the government's order." The class next to him took a step forward and persuaded in a low voice: "It is useless for you to call General Zhang here. Besides, General Zhang is not here. Here!"

Ban Zhi is of course lying, Zhang Cheng is not only here at this time, but also standing behind the gate, there is only a door away from Xiao Qi.

He and Xiao Qi were also playmates when they were young, but after they grew up, they seldom interacted with each other because of the difference between men and women. However, Zhang Cheng was familiar with Xiao Cheng and Xiao Ding, especially when he was with Xiao Qi. Xiao Qi's fiancé, Luo Gang, is even a best friend who has had his head chopped off in exchange for anger.

But at this time, what can he do?

Open the door and tell Xiao Qi: Don't knock, is your father already dead?
You can't tell the truth, but you can't tell lies.

It can only disappear.

"Third lady, go home!" Xu Wuyan stepped forward, bowed and said, "Fire cannot be contained in paper. In this world, there is no impenetrable wall. I don't believe in things that can't be heard here." I can't even inquire about the place."

Xu Wuyan's voice was very loud, these words were not only addressed to Xiao Qi, but also to Zhang Cheng who was inside the door.

Mrs. Han went home worried.

All the people in Xiao's mansion mobilized and spread to various places in Bianliang City.

But for these people, those who know the situation will not tell them the truth, and those who don't know the specific situation naturally can't tell one, two, three.

Of course, Xu Wuyan did not pin his hopes on these people.

These people are just tricks to deceive people's eyes and ears. Those who can really find out the news will naturally sink under the water.

It is a pity that in the past two years, the second son has withdrawn his power to the south by a large margin. In the south, his strength in Bianliang has been greatly reduced, and the betrayal of the Sun Family Gang, who was originally in charge of scouting, has reduced the power available to him again. .

Right now, the Sun family gang is listed as a traitor, and the imperial court is vigorously searching for the important figures in it. Xu Wuyan is also busy to completely erase some traces of his family Erlang in the Sun family gang. When the family is at its weakest.

But as Xu Wuyan said, there is no impenetrable wall in this world.

Although the paper can temporarily enclose the fire, it will eventually be let out by the flames.

Monk Huiyuan knocked on the door of Xiao's house.

"Why are you here?" Xu Wuyan was a little surprised, "There are so many eyeliners outside the house staring at the house!"

Huiyuan's expression was a little dignified, and he shook his head and said, "What's the matter? Something happened at home, and the eldest lady is a believer in Bodhisattva. I don't know how much money she has donated to Baoguo Temple over the years. At this time, I find a monk to come to my house for divination." Good or bad, what can others say?"

"Have you got news?" Seeing Huiyuan's appearance, Xu Wuyan felt bad intuitively.

Huiyuan nodded.

"The bachelor is probably gone."

"What did you say?" Xu Wuyan stood up suddenly, flustered, and turned over the cups on the coffee table, and the room suddenly burst into crackling noises.

Xu Wuyan reached out and grabbed the lapel of Monk Huiyuan's clothes, shaking and shouting angrily, "What did you say?"

"I said, I'm afraid the bachelor is no longer here." Hui Yuan grabbed Xu Wuyan's wrist and said in a low voice: "Today Princess Chu brought people to the temple, as usual, alone in the quiet room Praying, chanting, and copying scriptures! But this time I had an extra thought and tried to hide in the middle of the room."

"What did you hear?" Xu Wuyan trembled.

"While Princess Chu muttered to herself, she mentioned the name of the scholar, saying that the scholar is dead and died in the imperial prison." Huiyuan said, "Butler Xu, I'm afraid this matter is true. The concubine must have heard it from the king of Chu, combined with the strange things that happened in the capital these two days, and some strange things at Yushitai, think about it, besides the death of the bachelor, what else can make the court To do so?"

"There is no proof, just a woman's nonsense...?"

"I'm here today to talk about this matter!" Huiyuan said, "When I came back from the south, Jiangdong's family gave me a line from the palace. Find a way to connect this line and confirm this. The truth of the news."

"What about you? Why don't you connect the line yourself?" Xu Weiyan asked.

"Housekeeper Xu, Erlang asked me to come back because I want me to take good care of everyone in the Xiao family. If something happens, I will take the Xiao family away from the capital. But now, I'm afraid there will be no scholar Xiao." After a pause, Huiyuan said : "If Xueshi Xiao is really dead, and he still dies in the hands of the court, I am afraid that Dalang and Erlang will be at odds with the court. With Dalang and Erlang's current strength, what will the court do?" Do?"

Xu Wuyan was startled and said: "Detain Madam, Third Lady will be held as a hostage to threaten Dalang Erlang."

"I'm afraid there is still the Gao family!" Huiyuan said: "So you go to confirm the authenticity of the news, and I, go to prepare for the retreat. Once you confirm it, we must leave Bianliang with the wife and the third lady. .We must not let the wife and the third lady fall into the hands of the court."

"Where's the Gao family?"

"I can't care about it anymore!" Huiyuan shook his head and said, "The Gao family is also the hereditary Duke of Baoguo. Can Gao Yu still watch his younger brother being ransacked and wiped out? The water thrown out by the married daughter, the Gao family At that time, there will be ways to get rid of the relationship with the Xiao family."

"That's the only way!" Xu Wuyan nodded and said, "It's just this matter, how can I tell the eldest lady? I'm afraid that the eldest lady will..."

"Don't tell the eldest lady for the time being." Huiyuan pondered for a while and said: "But the family has to prepare, you might as well tell the third lady, Erlang often said that if his third sister is a man, his achievements will definitely be far away. Better than him, the third lady who got Erlang's evaluation must be extraordinary, you and the third lady discuss this matter together, let the third lady arrange it quietly at home, once confirmed, leave immediately."

"Okay!" Xu Wuyan nodded.

After sending Huiyuan away, Xu Wuyan stayed alone in Xiao Yu's study for a long time, then went out, called a little girl and asked her to invite Xiao Yu over.

"Grandpa Xu, is something wrong with my father?" Xiao Qi asked straight to the point as soon as he entered the door.

Xu Wuyan was startled, looked at Xiao Qi and hesitated to speak.

"Grandpa Xu came to me today to talk about these things, right? If it's an ordinary matter, Grandpa Xu should have talked to my mother instead of me." Xiao Qi clenched her fists tightly, her voice a little trembling.

Xu Wuyan said in a low voice: "Third lady, I haven't verified it yet. It's just some rumors. It is said that the bachelor is no longer there. A series of measures such as the court's blockade of Yushitai, etc., are in name to search for and investigate the remnants of King Jing's party, but in fact But it is covering up the fact that the bachelor is no longer there."

Tears were already shining in Xiao Qi's big eyes, she knew very well that the old housekeeper in front of her was not the kind of person who followed others, since he said so, I'm afraid things are already close to each other.

"How will Grandpa Xu verify the authenticity of this news?"

"Jiang Yingxue's Jiang Dong's family left a line, which belongs to the palace. As you know, the relationship between Jiang Dong's family and those women in the palace has always been good. This line was buried next to the noble concubine. As long as you connect the line, you should be able to get a reliable answer." news." Xu Wuyan said.

Xiao Qi nodded, "Grandpa Xu, you are sending people to watch over the Privy Council and the Ministry of War. If something happens to father, the Privy Council and the Ministry of War will definitely have orders to mobilize troops, food, grass, weapons and other things. , the Xiao family should have some eyeliner on the Privy Council and the Ministry of War, right?"

"Why do you check these? There are already insufficient manpower now!" Xu Wuyan was a little puzzled.

"If father is really gone." Xiao Qi gritted her teeth and said, "The imperial court will definitely prevent the elder brother from making trouble. The second elder brother is not a good figure in the eyes of the imperial court, but the elder brother has a large army in his hand, and he can control hundreds of thousands. Hengshan, Shaanxi Road is definitely not your opponent, so the court tried its best to cover up the news, just to buy time to deploy troops to deal with possible turmoil. Once Grandpa Xu finds out about these transfers, I am afraid that Dad will really be gone."

Xiao Qi lowered her head, Dou Da's eyeballs fell down.

"I'll check right away!" Xu Wuyan nodded.

"There is one more thing!" Xiao Qi continued: "Send someone to watch where the Liao people's envoys are. If the Liao people's envoys enter the city and are summoned by the emperor at the first time, they can also come from another place. side evidence."

Xu Wuyan looked at Xiao Qi in puzzlement.

"The imperial court hastily mobilized its troops, how could it be the elder brother's opponent?" Xiao Qi took a deep breath: "Almost all the soldiers and horses that can be recruited in Shaanxi were sent to Hebei by Ma Xing, and the rest are no longer worthwhile. Even if the imperial court hastily mobilized troops from Qinfeng, Hedong, and even around Gyeonggi and Bianliang to go to Shaanxi, it would still be a mob, and even if Zhang Chao went to confront the elder brother in person, it would be nothing but self-inflicted humiliation."

Xu Wuyan suddenly realized: "Does the imperial court want to borrow troops from the Liao people?"

"Or. But as long as the envoys of the Liao people are persuaded, if Yeluhuan, the Xijing Road of the Liao Kingdom, marches into Montenegro, the eldest brother will face enemies on both sides. In comparison, the Liao people are naturally more difficult to deal with. Of course, the main force of the eldest brother will go to deal with the Liao people first." , the pressure on the imperial court will be greatly reduced!" Xiao Qi said: "This time the Liao envoy is Yelujun, this person is capable of mobilizing Yeluhuan."

"I'll do it right away!" Xu Wuyan finally understood why Erlang valued this sister so much, a piece of news that made it difficult for them to verify, here Xiao Qi can actually verify the truth from so many peripheral aspects .

"Grandpa Xu is only busy with outside affairs, and I am at home!" Xiao Qi said.

"Third lady, if something happens, we must leave Bianliang immediately, and we cannot become hostages in the hands of the imperial court." Xu Wuyan said.

Xiao Qi nodded: "I know."

Outside Bianliang City, King Zhao Jing of Chu appeared in front of Yelujun again.

Speaking of his accompanying envoy, Yelujun only made an appearance when he arrived in Bianliang, and then he never appeared again. Today is the second time he has appeared.

He disliked Yelujun very much.

This seemingly modest and polite Liao barbarian, who looked more like a Song person than himself, always made Zhao Jing feel a little uncomfortable.Zhao Jing instinctively felt that he was a head short of this guy who was able to command thousands of troops to defeat the frontier army of the Song Dynasty, and Wen Neng wrote articles to win Jinshi like a bag.

But I am the future official of the Song Dynasty, if I show timidity in front of Yelujun, won't I be unable to hold my head up for the rest of my life?

But now, he had to come.

Zhao Suo summoned Yelujun to see him.

When he heard the news that Xiao Yu had died, Zhao Jing's eyes went dark, and even Zhao Yuan, who was always full of confidence and regarded the world's heroes as nothing, turned pale and was on the verge of falling.

The strong are more powerful.

You are playing the game, and others are also playing the game.

It's just that unfortunately, your game is just one of others' games.

The feeling of being taken advantage of by others is not good at all.

(End of this chapter)