The prison in Jingzhao Mansion was built with blue-grey square bricks, with more than a dozen iron windows on the brick walls on both sides. It was open on all sides, and the windows were clean and bright.
Light was cast from the iron window, and snowflakes fluttered in the light and drifted in.
Not long ago, it was cold and miserable in the prison. It got better after Zhao Ning's big quilts and cotton coats were delivered. Now there is no one in the prison. Due to the hurried running, there are a lot of cotton wadding scattered on the ground, like goose feathers.
They were everywhere, trampled and dirty.
Liang Nai quickly gathered all the officers and soldiers of Jingzhao Mansion and chased him along the road. At the same time, he sent people to summon the Jingwei.
There were so many weak literati. Liang Nai expected that they would not be able to run far in the snowy weather, and that each of them had their families in Beijing, so he would not worry about finding them, so he was not in a hurry to go to the palace to report them, and wanted to wait until he caught them.
But his subordinates quickly came to report and found that the direction these scholars were running to was not their own home, but Dongping Academy.
The whole area of Jingzhao Mansion and Huaizhou Street is the territory of Yanyun Wei Mansion and Xiaohu Camp. However, Li Dongyan was stabbed to death a few hours ago, and many soldiers and horses in Yanyun Guard were seriously injured. Now the entire Yanyun Wei Mansion is in chaos.
, they still have too much time to take care of themselves, and most of the people from Xiaohu camp have been transferred to the city wall, leaving not many troops.
Liang Nai was furious. After thinking about it, he felt that he still needed to go to the palace.
The people at the main gate who had been complaining all night were still crying and making trouble. Liang Nai really found them annoying, so he led a few of his men out of the side door in a hurry. Just when Zhu Xian came back, he bumped into them.
"You came just in time," Liang Nai stopped immediately, "Hurry up and go back and enter the palace!"
Zhu Xian frowned and said in confusion: "What happened?"
The officials on the side were busy explaining the matter briefly.
Zhu Xian was stunned and said in surprise: "It's so serious?"
"Go quickly," Liang Nai pointed his hand in the direction of the palace, "There is no delay in this matter!"
"But sir," Zhu Xian said, "Xiaguan hasn't slept all night, and now his heartbeat is irregular, his heart beats uncomfortably, and his steps are sluggish. I feel like I won't be able to stand any longer."
"Why are you so troubled?" Liang Nai was furious, "Go if you are told! This is my order!"
Zhu Xian was furious. This was really too much of a deception. He suddenly thought of Wei Zheng.
If Wei Zheng were here at this time, what would he do?
"What are you still doing?" Liang Nai said, "Go quickly!"
"No," Zhu Xian said, "I can't go."
"Can't go?" Liang Nai was about to burst into flames.
"Yes," Zhu Xian nodded, "because..."
He rolled his eyes and fell onto the snow with a "pop" sound.
"Zhu Xian?" Liang Nai was stunned, squatted down and patted his face, "Zhu Xian, get up for me! Don't pretend to be asleep!"
No matter how you take pictures, it’s useless. You can’t wake up after taking pictures.
"You, you..." Liang Nai was so angry that he kicked him over, "Shameless! Just wait for me!"
Liang Nai is not a hot-tempered person, but if he encounters this kind of thing one after another, who can be calm?
After saying this, he stepped hard on Zhu Xian's chest with his official boots and stepped over him.
The men behind him were all dumbfounded. Li Cheng rushed to help Zhu Xian, but he still couldn't help him. Li Cheng simply ignored him and hurriedly caught up with Liang Nai.
Only when everyone was gone and completely disappeared did Zhu Xian open his eyes.
He sat on the snow, holding his painful chest and coughing violently several times.
brute!
Zhu Xian rubbed his chest and cursed fiercely in his heart, what a beast, just like Wei Xinhua, they are both beasts!
After sitting for a while, Zhu Xian got up from the ground and raised his hand to pat the snow on his butt.
Just after entering the back office, I was about to go back to the house to catch up on some sleep, when a voice came from behind: "Sir! Your Excellency, wait!"
Zhu Xian turned around, full of irritation.
The person who came was a stranger. He had never met him before. Zhu Xian wanted to ignore it. He turned around and was about to go back, but the man shouted at the door: "Sir! Someone asked me to deliver a letter to you, saying that there are spies coming into the city.
!It’s from Beiyuan!”
Zhu Xian paused for a moment, then turned around in surprise: "What did you say?!"
The visitor handed over the letter: "Sir, look at it!"
Zhu Xian snatched the letter away and wrote to the Yin of Jingzhao Prefecture or the Young Master of Jingzhao Prefecture to open it in person. The signature was...Lin Qingfeng.
Also added the word "or".
But this Lin Qingfeng sounded really familiar.
"Who gave it to you? Where did it give it to you?" Zhu Xian asked.
"It was a little maid who gave it to me. She also gave me a lot of copper coins..." the visitor said in a low voice, "at the intersection of the residence of the Minister of Justice."
"I understand," Zhu Xian said, raising his hands to the government guards on both sides, "capture him."
The Yamen Guard came immediately.
The visitor was stunned: "Sir, I don't know anything. I'm just a messenger!"
Zhu Xian had already turned around and left with the letter, opening the envelope as he walked.
He had already remembered who Lin Qingfeng was. She was the woman who was famous all over Kyoto and had good friends with all the dignitaries.
Speaking of which, Zhu Xian seemed to have had dinner with her. It was never appropriate for women to show their faces in public, but this Lin Qingfeng was a surprise.
Many wealthy businessmen in the capital jokingly called her prostitute behind their backs, but Zhu Xian never saw her having any messy relationship with any man.
The handwriting on the letter is Xiujuan, which indeed looks like it was written by a girl.
The content is simple, saying that Beiyuan is short of supplies and specially sent people to Beijing to purchase them. The amount of money transferred is huge. It is difficult to find out the details. However, it is vaguely known that it is related to Silk House Silk. On it, there is also the address of the inn where the Beiyuan people live.
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Zhu Xian stopped in his tracks and frowned when he saw these words.
Silk Di Silk, isn't that the deal that Zhao Ning has made recently?
Zhu Xian knew all about these huge trades. He would check the taxes when he had nothing to do, and he just happened to check them a while ago.
If it's Silk Di Silk, then this spy... is Zhao Ning?
Zhu Xian put the letter away. He didn't know what to do for a moment. He wished he could give birth to a wooden man with three heads and six arms, and be a wooden man who didn't need to sleep and never rested.
However, the matter of spies was the top priority after all, and he had to control those spies first.
Zhu Xian immediately strode forward and yawned. It seemed that he really couldn't sleep anymore.
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There was a heavy flow of cars and horses at the intersection of Huaizhou Street, and many civil servants who had left the palace gate were rushing here.
In addition to civil servants, students and literati also braved the snow and wind to ask what was going on.
However, the closer they got to Dongping Academy, the more timid the students and scholars became, because hundreds of soldiers in silver armor stood upright at the entrance of the academy.
The leader, the general, had an expressionless face, was tall, and looked at him as if he wanted to eat someone.
Song Du's carriage also came here. When he saw that even Dongping Academy had troops, Song Du became more uneasy.
