Chapter 76: The Central Game (Part 2)
Before nightfall, Liu Yu rushed to the Song and Dance Hall in the south of the city. He Mao had been waiting for a while when he arrived.
"Brother Liu, if you don't come, I will go to the mansion to urge you." He Mao said with a serious expression. "The emperor specially ordered us to escort Feng Chengdi's sister out of the city and must get the evidence in her hands. Now I find that she is in the Huaidi Merchant. How to gain her trust? You also need advice."
There was something Xu Rong did not mention, but Liu Yu learned in the official list that although Feng Chengdi and his orphan girl Feng Chengxian were left in the Feng family, they had distant relatives in the Jianghuai generation, and their household registration was Chang'an, and their ancestral home was probably Jianghuai. Therefore, people who disguise must be proficient in the Jianghuai dialect. This is just a superficial effort, because it is not clear what other contacts Feng Chengdi and King Huai have besides the secret letter of privately-granted acceptance, or what secret codes are there. It is not easy to gain Feng Chengxian's trust, and they can only take one step at a time.
Many of the Imperial Army's spies have been to Jianghuai, and many of them are from Jianghuai. They have selected a few smart people to disguise themselves as ordinary business travelers. The group has to leave the city once. When they come back, they escorted several carriages carrying Jianghuai local specialties. The group is heading straight to the Huaiji Commercial Hall.
Huaidi Merchant Hall is a place where Huaidi merchants gather in Chang'an City and is also an intelligence shelter station. The court has always been strictly guarding the place, so the real Huaidi Merchant Envoy will not move in here. It can be seen that Feng Chengxian doesn't know much about these things, and coming here also means that her identity is exposed. Liu Yu and He Mao walked straight into the backyard of the mall with a few Huaidi accents. After entering, a person in his forties looked at Liu Yu, who was walking in front of him, and asked, "How many are you?"
Liu Yu looked around the rooms downstairs and upstairs around the patio. A slim figure of a woman leaned out from the door of a room on the second floor, and just took a look and returned to the room. Most of the other rooms were on lights, but the woman's room was dark. Liu Yu had a certain idea in his heart.
"Let's find someone." Liu Yu said in a northern accent mixed with Guanzhong accent.
The middle-aged tent was obviously stunned by Liu Yu's accent and hesitated: "Brother, don't know where to go? Who are you looking for?"
Liu Yu's eyes were circling, and he suddenly sighed, put his mouth on the ears of the middle-aged tent, and muttered a few words like a mosquito. The middle-aged tent was close to his ears and didn't hear it clearly. After Liu Yu finished speaking, he said seriously: "This matter cannot be missed, so I have to report it."
After saying that, Liu Yu turned around and walked out of the backyard. The middle-aged account room was not allowed to ask.
"Brother Liu." He Mao followed behind him, puzzled, "What did you say to that person?"
"I didn't say anything." Liu Yu smiled, "Although I didn't say anything, he felt that what I said was what."
He Mao couldn't understand for a moment. Liu Yu walked out of the corner of the backyard and looked back from the wall. The middle-aged tent rushed upstairs. Liu Yu waved his hand and the group returned to the backyard. At this time, he could only see the back of the middle-aged tent entering the black-painted room. The lights in the room were lit up immediately.
"Uncle Cai, what was the business of the pedestrian just now?"
"I don't know, look at their appearance... it seems like they are coming to find someone."
"Looking for someone?" The woman looked suspicious, "What did the person who took the lead tell you?"
"To be honest, I did not hear clearly, and seemed to be talking about the lady. But the man's accent was not like that from the south, but it seemed to be Hu Shang from Chang'an City."
While the two were talking, Liu Yu shook his hands and entered the room. He sat on the chair at the table under the gaze of the woman and the middle-aged tent with a little vigilant look, and said with a harmless smile: "Who said that those who came from the south cannot say the words from the north? This must be Miss Chengxian of the Feng family, who is polite in Liu Zhu."
He said he was polite, but Liu Yu looked arrogant and extremely rude. Liu Yu was forced to do so. If he came in, he would be polite and could easily be unable to lie when he was asked by Feng Chengxian.
Liu Yu looked at Feng Chengxian. A very smart woman, about twenty years old, with bright eyes. She can't be considered a beauty, but she has a bit of charming color like a small jade, but her big nose made Liu Yu feel a little disgusted.
"Your Excellency?" Feng Chengxian looked at the arrogant young man in front of him and asked coldly.
A follower came over and said in a heavy Jianghuai accent: "This is our young master. He took Miss Feng to the south on the order of my master."
Liu Yu waved his hand to interrupt the follower and explained himself: "I am sending my master to take Miss Feng to the south to do some business. The carriage is ready. I wonder if Miss Feng has prepared the goods my master needs?"
Feng Chengxian sneered: "The goods you mentioned are probably evidence of Xu Han and others contacting the Turks to frame Li Xiang's party? Do you have a secret letter to bring your master's reply?"
Liu Yu and He Mao looked at each other and saw a little surprised in their eyes. They thought it was evidence of other ministers contacting King Huai, but they did not expect that they would involve the Li Zhongchun case a few years ago. Liu Yu thought that Xu Han was a person who had a secret contact with King Huai, and that the frame-up that year was mostly ordered by King Huai. If King Huai really came to pick up Feng Chengxian, then wouldn't he kill someone to silence him?
There was not much turbulence on Liu Yu's face and he said seriously: "My owner did not ask me to bring any secret letters. Miss Feng, it's better to set off early."
Feng Chengxian frowned and said, "Without your master's secret letter, don't want me to go with you!"
Liu Yu had expected that she would not believe it, but now he would not get the secret letter from King Huai even if he was beaten to death. Liu Yu pinched his finger and said, "Miss Feng, I heard that the Dashun court will hold a sacrificial ceremony in the Nanshan Mountains of Chang'an City on the first day of the fifth month. There is no thirty in April, and today is twenty-eight, and the sacrificial ceremony is the day after tomorrow. Two days is really too fast."
Feng Chengxian said coldly: "So what?"
Liu Yu heard Feng Chengxian's tone of nervousness and smiled indifferently: "On the first day of the fifth month, the whole city will be martial law for five days, the city gate will be closed, and Xu Han's people are chasing who kidnapped his son. Then you say that if you and your brother are found on the heads..."
"You want to threaten me?" Feng Chengxian's expression was filled with a hint of coldness.
"I don't mean to threaten you. I just remind you that my master is a transcendent and I will never write a secret letter to deliver it to you. No one can bear it if something goes wrong." Liu Yu said, "But I also want to remind you that if you don't follow us today, it will mean that the Feng family and my master have completely cut off relations. Don't be surprised when you go back, Xu Han will visit you at any time."
Feng Chengxian's face changed a few times, and Liu Yu expected that she had no other way to go. For a smart woman, she should understand the degree of her time. If she did not rely on King Huai, her brother Feng Chengdi would have no way out.
Feng Chengxian finally agreed to go with them. However, she still attached a condition that she would not show the evidence she said before she saw King Huai. Liu Yu was a little confused at first. Could it be that the evidence was invisible and did not hide it on her body?
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The group left the city overnight, and Liu Yu specially chose to leave Yunan Gate. When he arrived in front of Yunan Gate, Liu Yu got off the horse and found Li Mi. Li Mi was drinking and eating hot pot in the yamen office in front of the gate.
"Brother Liu, why are you here? Your way of eating is really extraordinary. Come and try it together?" Li Mi greeted Liu Yu with a smile.
Liu Yu said seriously: "Brother Li, there is something that must be explained to you. It is related to the country, so you should first..."
Li Mi did not expect that Liu Yu's late-night visit would bring news that "is relevant to the country", so he asked the lieutenants to avoid it first. Seeing that the lieutenants went out to make excuses, he came forward and whispered: "From today on the start of today, you will be waiting in front of the city gates for the past few days. Even if you close the city gates late at night, you will not leave. No matter who ordered the city gates to be blocked, you will ignore them. If my news will make people believe in feathers, you will know that it is my instructions and you must follow them at that time."
Li Mi was still chewing a bite of meat in her mouth. After hearing this, she chewed it and said in confusion: "Why is this?"
Liu Yu smiled faintly and said, "In a few days, a sudden change will inevitably occur in the city. Only your Yunan Gate can transfer soldiers outside the city into the city! So... it is related to the country."
Chapter completed!