As soon as it started to dawn, Chief Tang Jia came to ask his brothers to go to the ground.
As he knocked on the door, he secretly swallowed his saliva. Should I say it or not, that guy from Lao Hong's family made really delicious medicated porridge.
Bah, we, Old Tang, are not the ones who take advantage of us.
After knocking a few times and getting no response, he opened the door and saw that no one was home.
Seeing the white dust on the ground at the door of the house, Tang Jia Chang's expression changed greatly.
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An hour later, Fengyang Guard commander Ping An, surrounded by his own soldiers, rushed to Jinqiaokan.
Han Yike, the magistrate of Linhuai County, had already arrived before him. On the grounds that a murder had occurred, he ordered the guards to disperse the crowd.
"Get out of the way!" the soldiers yelled loudly and arrogantly broke through the police blockade.
There were several corpses lined up on the side of the road, and Han Yike was silently in a daze.
Pingan turned over and dismounted, walked quickly to the corpses, and bent down to check their wounds.
"They were all killed by a knife from behind," Han Yike sighed: "I didn't expect that the Ming Cult still has masters hidden in it."
Tears burst into Ping An's eyes. These were his most trusted soldiers, brothers who could be entrusted with life and death. Otherwise, he would not have sent them to secretly protect the five His Highnesses.
"My condolences to Brother Ping."
"They died well." Ping An stood up and said, "If they hadn't died, I would have had to chop off their heads. Otherwise, my family would be implicated."
Han Yike nodded, this would count as a death in battle. The emperor has always been the most tolerant towards soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country.
"Let's go in and have a look." Ping An walked into Jinqiaokan with an expressionless face. He didn't need anyone to guide him at all. He arrived at Hongjiayuan by a familiar route.
A few months ago, he disguised himself as a thief and robbed His Highness the King of Wu.
Unexpectedly, this time, they were really robbed under their noses.
After entering the hospital, Ping An slapped both of them hard. How should I explain this to the emperor now?
"Brother Ping, I know you are anxious, but don't be anxious yet." Han Yike handed him a piece of paper. "This is a note from His Highness, indicating that the situation is not that bad."
I saw it said 'Zhang Hu - we left with the uncle and will never come back. Let's all be well.'
"Who is the uncle?" Ping An asked.
"I asked Zhang Hu, it should be Shi Chenglu, the protector of the Ming Cult. They all call him uncle." Han Yike said: "Didn't I tell you before that the Ming Cult recruited them?"
"So, they took the initiative to follow him?" Ping An's tense expression relaxed slightly.
He saw that everything in the house had been neatly packed away, and except for the plaster at the door, there were no signs of fighting.
He has experienced the abilities of the three His Highnesses, and it is absolutely impossible to subdue them without any effort.
"Why did the Mingjiao take them away?" Ping An asked again: "And my brothers, all of whom have good skills, have all fallen into trouble, which means they are masters."
"The publicity effect is so good. All the white servants in my yamen know that Wu Song, Ximen Qing, Pan Jinlian, and Hong Jiaban have helped them a lot in preaching." Han Yike couldn't tell him another reason. They thought that
The fifth brothers are the sons of Zhang Shicheng and Gao Qi.
"Damn it." Ping An exploded in frustration. Damn it——
The emperor asked his sons to work as farmers incognito! He thought they were too easy, so he ordered himself to rob their grains so that they could not eat! He forced them to perform on the streets!
As a result, they became famous instantly, and not only were they popular, but they were also treated as a piece of cake by the Ming Cult, who had to take them with them before escaping!
What kind of plot is going on here! Why did you let yourself get involved!
After sighing for a while, he asked Han Yike: "Do you have any clues about their whereabouts?"
"I have already seen it. The footprints lead to the river. They should have left by boat." Han Yike pointed to the northeast and said: "The Jinqiao River goes seven or eight miles northeast and merges into the Huaihe River. It is now.
During the flood season, they can go directly to the sea, or they can go north and south via canals. As for where they went, we need to vigorously investigate."
"But we can't make it public yet. At least until the decree comes down, we can only investigate secretly." Ping An said in a deep voice.
After speaking, the two of them fell into silence, and suddenly felt that there was no point in saying anything.
It was impossible to conceal such a groundbreaking incident.
Once the emperor knew that he had lost his sons, five of them at once... what kind of thunderous fury would await them? It would be easy to turn into powder, right...
"My father's name is Pingding, and he helped the emperor bring peace to the world. He named me Ping'an because he wanted me to live in peace for the rest of my life. It seems that it won't come true this time." Ping'an murmured.
"Alas..." Han Yike still had Luo Guanzhong's line, so he wasn't so desperate at first. But seeing the emperor Qian'er being so frightened, he suddenly thought that the current emperor was an easy master.
If you don't care about everything and just cut yourself off, it's okay.
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Linhuai County government issued a mortgage for housing.
"No, we must add some ingredients!"
After returning, he found Luo Guanzhong and asked him to help him compile a report.
"To be honest, I will most likely move my head first." He said solemnly: "But if I can get the emperor not to kill me first, I might still be able to survive when those brothers are found."
"That makes sense." Luo Guanzhong nodded and said, "So you want me to help you make up a reason why the emperor can't kill you?"
"Yes, those of you who write novels are not the best at making up things...oh no, are you the best at telling stories?" Han Yike said.
"But why should I help you?"
"Damn it, I don't care who hurt me like this!"
"Okay." Luo Guanzhong knew he was wrong, put his face on the paper, and finished the article in the blink of an eye.
"Damn it, you old man is using wire to pull a fence - you really can't make it up..." Han Yike picked it up and took a look, and he was immediately convinced.
Luo Guanzhong said that it was the five highnesses who deeply hated the Mingjiao scourge. In order to eradicate the evil for the court and the people, they decided to go deep into the tiger's den and took the initiative to follow the Mingjiao leaders to the den of thieves.
He also left a note to Han Yike saying, don't worry, they will try to contact him by then, and then he will report to his father and so on.
Now the emperor had to rely on him as a contact person, so naturally he couldn't kill him.
In any case, he knew that his life was saved for the time being. His safety would also be benefited...
"But what if they don't contact me?" he asked worriedly.
"Then they are dead, do you still plan to live?" Luo Guanzhong asked.
"Okay. What if they come back and the emperor finds out that I lied?" Han Yike asked again.
"Did you lie? No, every word is true!" Luo Guanzhong said with wide eyes: "What I said is well-founded!"
As he spoke, he pointed to the notes left by the five highnesses and said:
"Look, this is written to 'Zhang Hu', but this Zhang Hu is the contact person you sent, so this is written to you."
"You can say that."
"Look again. 'We left with uncle', this sentence explains where they are going; look again at 'Never come back', how firm and tragic it is? It is said that the wind is rustling and the water is cold, a strong man will never come back once he is gone.
." Luo Guanzhong shook his head and said:
"So they went there with hatred and took the initiative. How could they have such momentum if they were passive?"
"Okay." Han Yike swallowed, thinking that he is really good at writing novels...
ps. The ninth update, this update will give the new alliance leader "Continent Rushes Forward"...
