Che Mingde followed the Ninth Prince's team all the way south. In February, he had already arrived at Shangzhou City. At this time, several clan leaders from the southeastern states were here, and they even went outside Shangzhou City to meet with the Ninth Prince.
Many things were already settled. The Ninth Prince came here just to go through a process, and such a formation further proved their sincerity. Naturally, the Ninth Prince entertained everyone with a happy face and gave them a promise, which made them feel a little uncomfortable at first. Everyone felt relieved and completely relieved.
However, after sending these people away, the Ninth Prince took the initiative to meet Zhang Feng, and when he met Zhang Feng, in addition to Liang Changmao, he also kept Che Mingde, which could be regarded as a show of his favor.
Although Zhang Feng has a bad reputation, he is actually a very smart person. Asking Che Mingde to bring the letter shows everything. However, Zhang Feng did not pay much attention to anything else this time. After closing the door, he directly blamed himself and said: "Your Highness , Taiwei, I have a great responsibility for you."
"Zhang Zhongcheng, what do you say?" Seeing him like this, the Ninth Prince was also shocked.
Zhang Fengze immediately said: "The deputy commander-in-chief of the Zhennan Army, deputy commander Lerang, escaped from Chengzhou a few days ago with some of his cronies and escaped into Changlong Mountain. He was unable to be pursued for a while."
"Le Lang? This... how is this possible? He is from the Forbidden Army and has been entrusted with important responsibilities by His Majesty. How could he defect? It was he who got those weapons out?" After hearing this, the Ninth Prince became much calmer than before.
"Many things did go wrong when I found out about him. Although I'm not entirely sure, he said that the Nine Successes were achieved. I have also secretly arranged manpower, but after all, he is a general in the army, and he has superb martial arts. In addition, There are still some cronies around me, and the person I was following was killed directly. By the time I reacted, he had already fled into Changlong Mountain with his troops. This is a humble duty." Zhang Feng knelt down directly.
"Zhang Zhongcheng, get up quickly. I can't blame you for this. My father asked you to go south this time to solve the problems in the southeastern states. Compared with a bastard who resells arms, the complete surrender of the southeastern states is a big deal. Not only do you have no However, on the contrary, it was a meritorious service. This Leland has probably been here for a long time. Seeing the children of several big families in the army secretly reselling ordnance, they also started to think of fishing in troubled waters, and it seemed that they did a great job. But on the other hand, The Zhennan Army is really rotten." The Ninth Prince comforted Zhang Feng, but he couldn't express the anger in his heart, so he directly directed his anger at the Zhennan Army.
"It's really terrible. Not only has it been infiltrated by several aristocratic families in the southeast, but other aristocratic families have also been reaping benefits from it. Marshal Wu Shanhe, the commander of the Zhennan Army, deserves to die." Zhang Feng gritted his teeth.
As soon as he said these words, the Ninth Prince also looked at Zhang Feng with slight surprise, and Liang Changmao also narrowed his eyes and stared at the knife beside His Majesty.
Marshal Wu Shanhe, the commander of the Zhennan Army, is from Zengzhou, and the Zeng family of Zengzhou is the natal family of the crown prince. Wu Shanhe's daughter is also the crown prince's sibling. It can be said that Wu Shanhe is the prince's son. Now Zhang Feng said What does this mean? Your Majesty cannot really depose the prince easily. Since it is not His Majesty's intention, then it is Zhang Feng's intention, or His Majesty asked Zhang Feng to test the Ninth Prince.
At this moment, the Ninth Prince must not say the wrong thing easily. If the other party wants to surrender, forget it. If it is to test for His Majesty, it will be a big deal. So Liang Changmao immediately said: "Marshal Wu is the commander of the first army after all. Investigating him requires your Majesty's handwriting, but
There is indeed a problem with the Zhennan Army, and he must be guilty. Zhang Zhongcheng, what are your plans?"
"I beg His Highness to authorize him to temporarily control Wu Shanhe. After all, as the commander of the first army, I won't believe him if he doesn't know something." Zhang Feng pleaded.
"It's better to keep an eye on it first, and wait for me to report to Father before making the next step." This time, the Ninth Prince spoke before Liang Changmao, but after Liang Changmao finished speaking, Liang Changmao also nodded with satisfaction. It was obvious that this was the case.
The method is the most stable.
After hearing this, Zhang Feng seemed to feel a little regretful, but he still nodded and said: "I will draft a memorial now. I wonder if Lord Taiwei will jointly submit the memorial?"
"Let's play separately." Liang Changmao hesitated and said.
Seeing this, Zhang Feng nodded and continued to talk about other things, but these things were far different from the previous ones.
After Zhang Feng left, Liang Changmao took the initiative and asked: "Mingde, what do you think of this matter?"
Che Mingde had been listening by the side, but because of his status, he could not speak. Now Liang Changmao took the initiative to ask, and he boldly said: "I have been here for a while. Although I spent a lot of time in Shangzhou, I don't know much about the Zhennan Army.
I don’t know much about it, but I always feel it’s a little strange.”
"What's strange?" Liang Changmao asked.
"Wu Shanhe, as the commander-in-chief of the Zhennan Army, had high hopes from His Majesty. How could he be so incompetent? As the commander-in-chief, if Lerang could do these things, would he not know? Did he not notice that the materials of the Zhennan Army were being resold in this way? Or was it intentional?
Let it go?" Che Mingde asked with some certainty.
"Wu Shanhe has a close relationship with the prince. Could it be that those things ended up with the prince?" Liang Changmao asked uncertainly.
"Zhang Feng was probably testing me just now. He was testing me, but he didn't know his intention. He must know." The Ninth Prince also sighed at this time.
Che Mingde realized that this matter was fundamentally involved in the matter of seizing the direct descendants, and were the people in the southeastern states really not related to this matter? Che Mingde suddenly realized that when he came over for a spin, many things happened to him.
He just stood outside the door.
What happened next seemed to go particularly smoothly. As things escalated, Lelang was soon wanted, and Wu Shanhe was dismissed from his position due to dereliction of duty. By March, people from several southeastern states gradually began to move north.
, Che Mingde found that his mission here seemed to be over.
During this period, he specially sent people to Tangzhou to inquire whether Lin Haoming and his uncle were still in Tangzhou, but no news came.
By the end of March, the Ninth Prince went north to Beijing with people from the southeastern states, and Che Mingde also went back with Zhang Feng.
Since that night, Zhang Feng has not mentioned anything again. All matters are official business, and everyone should do it according to the rules. But for others, this time it is considered a near miss, and it is not considered a credit. The little ones are all beaming with joy, waiting to go back and receive rewards.
Because the major families in the southeast had too many people and supplies, the journey north was really slow, and the Ninth Prince decided to follow them. In the end, Zhang Feng couldn't bear to wait so slowly, so he said goodbye to the Ninth Prince and took his own people to go first. , so Che Mingde could only follow Zhang Feng and return to Beijing first.