After catching the mage bribed by the Mo family, things seemed to go smoothly. Two days later, everyone set off and continued their journey south.
The entire journey that followed went without incident, and Che Mingde also found that Wang Quanshu did not disturb him. It seemed that he was overthinking it, and the other party might be a little surprised, but after all, the other party was also a mage trusted by His Majesty the Emperor, and he He is not the kind of real Yamano Genshu, even if he has any ideas, he is restricted.
Such a team of hundreds of people soon arrived at the capital of Tengzhou, which was called Tengzhou City.
Before arriving here, Zhang Feng deliberately did not enter the city overnight. Instead, he deliberately stayed in a small town more than ten miles away from Tengzhou City for one night, repaired and waited until arriving here at noon the next day.
The most important thing about coming during the day is that it can prevent the other party from directly committing evil acts to the greatest extent. However, when the large group of people arrived outside the city, they saw that the officials of Tengzhou were waiting outside early, as if they had been waiting for a long time.
The state pastors of the four southeastern states are controlled by several families. The state pastor of Tengzhou, Zhu Mianjue, is also the son-in-law of the Mo family. Most officials, big and small, have inextricable relationships with the Mo family, but seeing Zhu Mianjue here respectfully greeting the imperial envoy , I don’t know if it represents an attitude of the Mohist family.
Previously, they encountered various obstacles along the way, which made everyone somewhat worried, but now looking at the other party's attitude, it seems that they have made a statement. Of course, it is just speculation at the moment, and the details will depend on what happens later.
Zhang Feng did not get off the carriage, but directly invited Zhu Mianjue to enter the carriage. A quarter of an hour later, a group of people guarded by five hundred forbidden troops followed the people who came out to greet them and entered Tengzhou City in a mighty manner.
After entering the city, everyone quickly arranged their station, and the five hundred forbidden troops immediately dispersed to defend Zhang Feng and his party. At the same time, the palace where they lived also began to conduct strict inspections. During this period, Che Mingde Then he was pulled by Wang Quanshu to find out if anyone from Xuanmen was doing anything here.
After all this work, it was getting dark. Mingde had just finished his meal and received an order from Zhang Feng. Several supervisory censors were summoned to him.
When Che Mingde saw Zhang Feng again, he found that Zhang Feng's expression was obviously much more relaxed, and there was a rare smile on the corner of his mouth. This was something he had never seen since meeting this famous cool official.
Zhang Feng was also a person who didn't like to be verbose. After several supervisory censors had expired, he said directly: "This time things are better than I imagined. It can even be said to be far beyond my expectation. Before meeting you, I After talking with Zhu Mianjue and the two heads of the Mo family, the Mo family was willing to move the family to the suburbs of Beijing. Not only did the two heads of the Mo family come, the Yang family of Shangzhou also sent Yang Yan, and in addition Cheng The Feng family of Zhou also sent Feng Pingzhi to discuss matters, and they were willing to move their families to the outskirts of Beijing, thus giving up the power of the three states and retaining only some of their original land and a small number of tribesmen."
Hearing this, everyone, including Che Mingde, was shocked. It was hard to believe that this was actually a joint effort by several Southeast Asian companies to advance and retreat together.
"Sir, what on earth is going on?" Pang Zhong was also puzzled.
Zhang Feng shook his head and said: "I don't know the specific details. Something should have happened when we went south. Now the families in these states are planning to discuss the details. I am more than halfway through the case. Some things are no longer suitable for me to continue. However,
The case still needs to be handled."
Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. They originally thought that this time they were risking life and death, but now it seems that they have just followed the normal procedures.
Seeing everyone heaving a sigh of relief, Zhang Feng still said seriously: "My lords, things are not yet time to relax now. The Zhennan Army will come over in a few days, and Yang Yan and others have given a few weapons resellers.
List, some of them are still members of the Zhennan Army, the case still needs to be handled, and some things are not as simple as we imagined."
"Sir, do these people still want to hide their private cache of military supplies?" Gao Haiyang couldn't believe it.
Zhang Feng shook his head and said: "No, since the war to destroy the Ming Dynasty, the captured Ming ordnance has been sent to the Zhennan Army one after another. Some people in the Zhennan Army have made deals with several companies, and they have enough supplies for 50,000 troops.
It fell into the hands of several aristocratic families in the southeastern states. In addition, some of it fell into the hands of aristocratic families in other states and counties, but the number was only half of that in the southeastern states. In addition, there were dozens of these aristocratic families. In fact, the amount allocated to each family was not
Not much, but no matter what, these ordnance must be found."
"So, we are going to investigate the Zhennan Army next?" Everyone couldn't help but smile bitterly. Previously, the Zhennan Army still wanted to come over to protect everyone, but now it has become the target of investigation.
"That's right. Everything depends on what your Majesty does. We are only temporarily controlling the people. If your Majesty lets him go, we will find a few scapegoats. If your Majesty wants to eliminate them, we will not be lenient if you want to kill the chickens to scare the monkeys." Zhang Feng said.
The words have it all explained.
"It should, it should!" Everyone felt much more relaxed and naturally nodded in agreement.
It was originally a crisis, but suddenly it changed its nature, and everyone became more relaxed. Even if Zhang Feng followed and assigned tasks to everyone, everyone still had a relaxed attitude.
The four supervisory censors were each responsible for the investigation of one family, and Che Mingde was assigned to Shangzhou.
This allocation has some meaning. After all, Che Mingde is the youngest, and Shangzhou is actually the core of the southeastern states. Che Mingde himself doesn’t know why Mr. Zhang is like this. Could it be that he is thinking about Mrs. Liang behind his back?
Lieutenant's relationship.
Because of this arrangement, Che Mingde only stayed in Tengzhou City for less than five days. Then he contacted Yang Yan, who had come from Shangzhou, and then brought a team of fifty imperial guards and himself to
Fei and several other guards sent by Liang Changmao followed Yang Yan to Shangzhou.
It is already mid-December, and the weather in the south is already very cold. Although there is no ice or snow, you can still feel the cold.
Along the way, Che Mingde didn't have a high opinion of Yang Yan who was traveling with him. He felt that this person who was considered a worthy member of the Yang family in Shangzhou was just average. He didn't have the courage to call the shots or the courage to take responsibility. He was just a person.
He is a person who can do things for others, seems kind, and is easy to make friends with. The most famous person in the Shangzhou Yang family is naturally the current Shangzhou Muyangdian.
Che Mingde just maintained a lukewarm relationship with Yang Yan. He didn't deliberately make friends, but he wasn't cold either. He walked leisurely like this for more than ten days. Seeing that the Chinese New Year was about to come, he finally arrived in Shang. Zhoucheng.
Just when he was about to enter the city, Che Mingde was surprised to find that Shang Zhoumu, a frontier official who was far above his own official position, actually came to the city gate to greet him in person.