Yinzhen took a mouthful of soup and said: "Concubine Xi also asked about this matter two days ago. I plan to summon them back to Beijing tomorrow. This time the two of them finally lived up to my expectations and put an end to this disaster in Fuzhou.
However...the sinking of the grain transport ship has not yet been found out."
Seeing Yinzhen frowning, Yunxiang comforted him: "It happened at sea, and no one saw it. And all the people who went with the ship fell into the sea, and no one was spared. It is naturally extremely difficult to investigate, and there is no rush."
Yinzhen shook his head and said nothing. When he was halfway through eating, there was an urgent knock on the door. Si Xi hurriedly walked over, half-opened the door and scolded the little eunuch who knocked on the door: "The Emperor and Prince Yi are using
If you have any questions, please let me know later."
The young eunuch handed over what he was holding and said eagerly: "Hello, Eunuch, it's too late. It's an urgent report from Fuzhou, and it's sent in a secret box."
Hearing the words "secret box", Sixi's expression suddenly became solemn. This kind of secret box should not be used for non-emergency matters. Once used, with the imperial seal on it, it can go directly to heaven; the most important thing is that
, there is only one kind of person who has this kind of secret box in his hands, and that is the spy who directly takes orders from the emperor.
Thinking of this, Sixi did not dare to neglect, took the secret box, came to Yinzhen, and said softly: "Your Majesty, this secret box is from Fuzhou."
Si Xi's words also made Yinzhen's eyes narrow. He sent spies to follow Hongli and the others to Fuzhou. Something important must have happened now, so he would use the secret box. But the matter in Fuzhou was almost over.
What could happen?
Thinking like this, Yinzhen put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hand, took the secret box and tore open the imperial seal on it, took out a booklet and read it carefully. He only scanned a few lines, and his face quickly became ugly.
After reading them all, Yunxiang's face could no longer be described as ugly.
It was because he found that Yinzhen's hands were shaking slightly. Just when he was about to ask, there was another knock on the door. Sixi hurried over. When he came back, he had another book in his hand and said with a trembling voice: "
Your Majesty, people from Fengtai Camp have sent in an urgent report concerning Fuzhou."
Before he finished speaking, Yinzhen snatched the fold in his hand, and the knock on the door sounded again. This time, before Sixi could answer the door, Yinzhen said: "Come in!"
A young eunuch came in and knelt down, holding a folded paper in his hand, and said: "Your Majesty, this is an urgent report sent by the prefect of Fuzhou from eight hundred miles away."
Si Xi was about to get it when a figure suddenly flashed past him. When he could see clearly, the zhezi in the little eunuch's hand had already been in Yinzhen's hand. He had been with Yinzhen for many years, and this was the first time he saw Yinzhen acting so rude.
In the past, even when Junggar invaded and the Qing Dynasty was attacked from both sides, it never happened like this. What exactly was written in the brochure, and why were there three letters in a row, and it was obvious that they were all about Fuzhou.
The first letter, contained in a secret box, was undoubtedly sent by a spy who was accustomed to hiding in the dark; the second letter was from Fengtai Camp... He remembered that before the two elder brothers left for Fuzhou, the emperor asked Prince Yi to leave from Fengtai Camp.
Four thousand people were mobilized from the camp to secretly
Protection; as for the third letter, local officials are not allowed to use 800 miles to rush for non-military matters, and can only use 400 miles to rush at most. It is impossible for the Fuzhou prefect not to know, but he still chose 800 miles to rush,
The matter must be no small matter.
While Si Xi was still speculating, Yunxiang had already asked: "Your Majesty, what happened? Why did Fuzhou send three urgent reports in a row?" Yunxiang couldn't think of anything that Si Xi could think of, let alone Yin.
Zhen looked so abnormal.
Yinzhen didn't say anything, he just handed the three books in his hand to Yunxiang and let him read them by himself.
As soon as he opened the first booklet, Yunxiang's expression changed immediately. After reading all three books, he was already extremely ugly. He and Yinzhen were just talking about how to summon brothers Hongshi and Hongli back to the capital.
, something like this happened in the blink of an eye, which is really unbelievable.
The first booklet was sent by a secret agent. They were ordered by Yinzhen to secretly protect the Hongli brothers, so they followed them all the way to Lianjiang County. Unexpectedly, when they were about to cross the bridge, the bridge suddenly broke.
They had no choice but to go around the mountain road. When they entered Lianjiang County, they found that there was no one there, no living people, and no corpses. They only found fresh blood stains on a certain street. They searched
In the entire Lianjiang County, no one was found.
The second letter also had similar content, and the third letter was much more detailed. Lin Xueli, the prefect of Fuzhou, said in the memorial that he followed the Hongshi brothers into Lianjiang County. Not long after he arrived, he was attacked by villagers who looked like they were crazy.
The sergeants protecting them attacked, and some even bit out the sergeants' throats. The scene was extremely bloody and horrific. At first, Hongli killed more than a dozen people with the bow and arrow in his hand, but he gained the upper hand for a while, but after running out of arrows,
He fell into passivity.
He was a powerless civil servant and could only watch the sergeants fall one by one. Zhaohui and Agui wanted to protect the fourth elder brother and leave first, but the fourth elder brother insisted on taking the second elder brother to join him.
As a result, he couldn't escape. Then, the fourth elder brother also went up to fight with the villagers. Since he couldn't help, and the second elder brother asked him to find a way to find reinforcements, he escaped while the melee was going on.
Go back to Fuzhou Prefecture and wait for him
When he brought all the remaining sergeants and sergeants with him, a thousand people came to Lianjiang County, the place was already deserted, not even a body was left. According to his guess, those people in Lianjiang County had changed.
They became savages who drank hair and blood. They probably brought people or corpses back to use as food. But the strangest thing is that all those people disappeared. They searched from house to house, but no one could be found. It was as if they had evaporated out of thin air.
Lin Xueli was most concerned about his two elder brothers, Hongshi and Hongli. After finding no one in Lianjiang County, he sent people to search several nearby counties, but unfortunately they found nothing.
Just when Lin Xueli was having a headache, someone reported that he saw a seriously injured person at the foot of the mountain behind Lianjiang County. Lin Xueli rushed over to take a look and found that the person turned out to be Hongshi, and he quickly ordered someone to help him.
He was rescued to the government office and the accompanying imperial doctor was invited to treat him.
Although Hongshi's injuries looked serious, fortunately they were all skin injuries and no muscles or bones were injured. After recuperating for a while, he woke up. As soon as he woke up, he immediately asked about Hongli's whereabouts. In Lin Xueli
After saying that he was the only one he saw, he insisted on going to find Hongli. After persuading him for a long time and saying that many people had been sent to look for Hongli, he gave up the idea.