The uncle and nephew of the Cheng family were in a state of confusion at the same time.
They only felt that everything in front of them seemed to have become illusory.
Other sounds in my ears disappeared, only a vague human voice sounded intermittently...
After a while, those who were waiting outside returned to Tianyu, received a notice from Mr. Wu Yun, and walked into the lobby again.
At this time, there were no traces of the Cheng family's uncles and nephews in the lobby, and only Mr. Wu Yun was left.
The one-eyed young man didn't ask many questions and just stood with his hands tied: "Senior."
"Send this letter down the mountain and act according to the text." The old man in black ordered.
As he spoke, he handed Tianyu a letter to reply to.
Hui Tianyu took a look and saw that one was a sealed envelope and the other had a note.
The time, location and contact information were written on the note.
"Yes, senior." Hui Tianyu understood and immediately left.
The one-eyed young man hurried out of the city and down the mountain in the middle of the night, arriving before dawn at a small town called Jiepu under the jurisdiction of Qinzhou Prefecture.
In Jiepu City, go back to Tianyu and find a stone bridge. Under the stone bridge, take out a stone brick with an iron box inside.
After putting the letter into the iron box, return to Tianyu and leave.
He reached the far side of the river, found a hidden place, and quietly looked at the place where the iron boxes were stored.
When the morning light broke, suddenly a black shadow flew under the bridge.
The black shadow stopped and looked back at Tianyu, only to see that it was a bird with black feathers and golden eyes.
The bird is extremely nimble, with its wings vibrating and hovering in mid-air. One paw removed the stone bricks, and the other paw took out the iron box from the hole under the bridge.
It was as dexterous as a human being, stuffing the stone bricks back into place, then fluttering its wings and flying away with the iron box.
After returning to Tianyu and watching the black bird leave, he also returned to Chang'an and reported back to Mr. Wuyun.
The black bird was nimble and intelligent, but also had great endurance. It flew with the iron box all the way, and after a long journey, it landed in a city.
Here, there is the Cheng family's industry.
The person in charge picked up the black bird, looked solemn when he saw the iron box, and immediately ordered people to hurry up and rush to the royal capital.
The ancestral land of the Cheng family was not in the capital of the Eastern Tang Dynasty.
However, as they have closer contacts with the royal family in recent years, a large number of Cheng clan members are active in the royal capital.
In the Cheng family mansion, an old man got the iron box and took out the letter inside. After reading it, his white eyebrows could not help but twitch slightly.
He pondered for a moment and asked the people around him: "Is His Royal Highness the Prince at your residence today?"
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is at your residence, your sixth uncle."
The old man nodded and stood up: "Send the post, I have something urgent to call on His Highness."
He walked all the way to the residence of the Crown Prince of the Eastern Tang Dynasty. While the steward of the Crown Prince's mansion invited him in, he said apologetically: "Mr. Mingxi, please forgive me. An urgent visitor suddenly came to the house, and the Crown Prince had to entertain him first. I did not mean to be careless.
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"An urgent visitor?" The old man from the Cheng family, nicknamed Mr. Mingxi, asked, "Do you know who he is?"
The housekeeper said softly: "It's over there in the dark pavilion."
Mr. Mingxi nodded slightly.
It is no longer a secret that the master of the dark pavilion and the prince are not at odds with each other, and that the two sides have spies on each other, but no one has brought it to the table to talk about it.
"Your Highness will greet you first, I am not in a hurry."
The housekeeper took Mr. Mingxi to a side hall to watch the tea reception.
The old man placed the iron box on the table beside him and slowly sipped the tea.
After a while, the butler came to invite: "Mr. Mingxi, Your Highness invites you."
The old man followed him to the main hall. There was a man sitting in the hall. His facial features were young, but his temples were slightly gray.
"Your Highness." Mr. Mingxi greeted him.
The prince said: "Mr. Lei has been waiting for a long time, and I will not see anyone else with my family."
"What did your Highness say?" Mr. Mingxi shook his head: "It's the old man who is disturbing me."
"Sir, is it possible that you are also here for Chang'an City?"
The prince said: "It just so happens that I heard someone came to report just now, also for that lonely city in the wilderness."
Mr. Mingxi is the person in the Cheng family who stayed in the capital of the Eastern Tang Dynasty and is responsible for liaison.
Previously, it was he who planned and arranged for people to go to Qinzhou Mansion in Longbei County to investigate matters related to Chang'an City.
"Yes, there is news." Mr. Mingxi pushed the iron box in front of the prince and handed the letter to the prince for reading.
After the prince saw it, he thought slightly: "What do you think, sir?"
"When Du Kun's men attacked the city before, the entire army was wiped out, and no one escaped." The old man said slowly: "This cannot be achieved by ordinary means."
He looked at the iron box and the letter: "Now that the other party is good at using poison, it can solve the previous doubts, but I am afraid that Yonghui and the others are young and ignorant and will be deceived by the other party."
The prince said: "The news from the dark pavilion, in addition to the poisonous fog, also mentioned the maze formation."
He did not conceal the information he had just obtained from Mr. Mingshi.
Mr. Mingxi nodded slightly: "It confirms the message Yonghui and the others sent back from another aspect."
The prince nodded: "That's right, and the conclusion from the Ange is that we must not continue to let that lonely city go, otherwise it will become a big trouble."
After a moment of silence, he spoke again: "My father sent a message back from the front line, ordering me to resolve the Longbei Incident as soon as possible."
Mr. Mingxi was slightly surprised.
What does the King of Tang mean? The Crown Prince must solve the problem himself and cannot leave the burden to An Ge?
No wonder the prince looks serious.
This is equivalent to the fact that in this incident, the King of Tang was partial to the dark pavilion master to a certain extent.
Compared to Chang'an City, which is far away in Longbei County, this problem seems to be more urgent at the moment.
"I want to stay in the capital for my father. This matter can only be left to the people below."
The prince looked at Mr. Mingxi: "Please sir, please give them some advice."
Mr. Mingxi nodded silently: "Your Highness is too polite. I should do my best."
"There are movements in Jingyue Tower, Qingfu Palace, Wangzhen Temple, and they seem to be at odds with Chang'an City. Sir, you might as well contact them."
The prince said: "In addition, I heard that the remnants of the Chen family have also defected to that isolated city. I remember that the Sikong family has always wanted to cause trouble for the Chen family. Sir, you might as well only speak to the Sikong family."
He said slowly: "If you have the right, you will get many help, but if you don't have the right, there will be little help."
Mr. Mingxi understood: "Your Highness is right."
After the two discussed for a while, Mr. Mingxi left the Prince's Mansion.
At the same time in the dark pavilion, in a small building in the backyard, two people were sitting opposite each other in the darkness.
"Can concealing Gu Hechuan's mistake and concealing Dahe Longmen's business dealings bring our Prince Palace to its knees?" one person said calmly.
"Not necessarily." Another person said: "But you can try."
The other party replied: "Okay, let's try it."
After that, the small building became quiet again.
At the gate of the royal capital, people come in and out.
More than one group of people left the city, carrying the responsibility of liaison, and headed northwest.
Toward Longbei County.
Now, in the Qinzhou Mansion of Longbei County, in the Baiyun Yuan of Longling, the hospitable City Lord Zhang D is welcoming a new uninvited guest.
However, the other party didn't seem to have any ill intentions.
"Success?"
Zhang Dongyun raised his eyebrows.
Chen Jiezhi, who came to report, clasped his fists and replied: "He did say that."