There were soldiers and horses of unknown origin stationed at the foot of Panlong Mountain for a night. The next morning, the subtle ghost from last night came again. He entered the Chinese army's tent with his hands behind his back and said to the general stationed in the army: "May I ask the general's name?"
Name?"
The general said: "Didn't I tell you last night? King Wu of Taihu."
Jinggui sneered: "These words only coaxed me for a while. The age of the leader of the fifth village of Taihu King is at least ten years younger than the general. Princess Jian'an saw him when he was young."
The general was shocked and laughed dryly: "Princess, have you ever seen a water bandit?" Jinggui looked at him with a half-smile but not a smile. The general suddenly realized. That's right, King Wu of Taihu Lake has been dominant for many years, and the court has never touched it; the latter area fell to Wu
Wang Zhizhi has also wiped out several times, and General Wei Ruoheng, who was invincible in Japan, could not do anything to him. I am afraid that he is just like the Golden Horn King and Silver Horn King, but he is a thief on orders. Concubine Ning is here
He was quite favored in the palace. Princess Jian'an had met Wang Wu when she was young, so she knew that Wang Wu must be a member of the Supreme Emperor. His plan to impersonate Wang Wu was obviously discovered, and the general felt a little embarrassed.
Jinggui said slowly: "I think this leader also has someone in the court. Is he the Yellow Wind Monster or the Yellow Eyebrow Ancestor?"
The general smiled dryly again and said, "I wonder who the Supreme Lord above your Majesty is?"
The fine ghost-skinned man smiled and said: "Old Jun is naturally Lao Jun." He looked at the general again, "Elder Jin Chan can only have one. Our king wants it, and the leader also wants it. Now that he has entered the realm, he will naturally follow him.
According to the rules of the lower world. Our leader wants to make an appointment with the leader for a three-day battle, and the winner will go to Monk Tang. How about that?"
The general thought for a moment and nodded: "That's fine." They held Princess Jian'an and the terrain in their hands. They had more soldiers and horses, so it was fair. Then they made an appointment with the leader of Jinggui to fight three days later.
He bowed to the ground and left in a swaggering manner.
The general then prepared trenches, swords, arrows, fire, guns, etc. at the foot of the mountain. Two days later, with one day left before the battle with the people on the mountain, suddenly patrolling scouts came to report that the soldiers were attacking! The general was shocked: "Who are you looking for quickly?"
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The scout said: "Look, the banner of the soldiers is that of the Royal Forest Army. The word 'gan' is on the flag pole. There are at least five or six thousand people coming, and they are coming straight towards our army. There is a village girl sitting on the horse in front.
The woman is leading the way."
The general thought for a moment and then said, "I'm afraid Gan Lei fell into the trap!" Then he asked, "How long will it take for the Royal Forest Army to arrive?"
The scout said: "We have reached the hilltop ahead."
The general calculated with his fingers that it was too late to leave. He looked up at the mountain and gritted his teeth and said, "As soon as we go out, we can drive away the wolves and eat the tigers. Just wait, I will come back to settle the accounts." He ordered to leave the camp tent and other luggage, and take dry food with him.
The weapon is gone immediately.
As soon as they left, the Royal Forest Army caught up with them. Seeing the mess on the ground, they knew that soldiers and horses had indeed been stationed there. They followed the horse's hoof prints and chased after them. Those in front ran away desperately, and those behind chased them hard. Fortunately, both armies had just raised their horses.
Everyone is full of energy and full of energy. You can play "you chase me" for a long time. Soon after the Imperial Forest Army left, there were carriages and horses gradually coming down the mountain. Princess Jian'an's Shili Hongzhuang and the soldiers sent by the King of Lu were many and many.
After being escorted by three hundred cavalry, he walked safely along the path. There were about fifty bandits who escorted him for more than two miles.
Seeing that the road was ahead, the leader of the three hundred cavalry clasped his fists at the bandits and said, "Thank you very much for your help, leader. I will surely be richly rewarded in the future."
The leader of the bandits said: "That's easy to say. I hope you will take good care of our family's business in Beijing."
The cavalry leader laughed and said: "Of course. Our two families are good friends, and our master has always been fair. The meat is in the pot and everyone has soup to drink. Why not?" The bandits also laughed and handed over their hands.
bid farewell.
A group of bandits returned to the foot of the mountain and looked at the baggage all over the ground. Someone said, "Hurry up and move it up the mountain."
Another said: "No! These can only be given to the imperial guards for free. If they arouse suspicion, we will have to move again."
Another one said: "That's what you say... But they didn't count the quantity. How did they know that we moved some? Besides, it couldn't have been taken by the people in the mountains nearby? Anyway, the owner doesn't want it."
The one who just said: "It's better not to move them. These things are not valuable, and it takes a lot of effort to move them up the mountain. It's not cost-effective. Are you looking for any soft ones? The leader doesn't look down on big things."
The bandits then carefully selected them, but found nothing of value. They were disappointed and said, "I'm so poor."
Another laughed and said: "These are all official thieves. They don't have much money. Even if they get good things, they have to hand them over to their masters. How can we be free? We have to deliver goods to Beijing tomorrow." Everyone laughed and gave up.
Without taking any of the heavy benzene and baggage, he happily went up the mountain.
After they had disappeared, a man jumped down from the old locust tree at the foot of the mountain. He looked at the mess on the ground and thought for a long time. After waiting for another two hours, people from the Royal Forest Army came over to clean up the battlefield and collect all the luggage and other items.
Picked it up.
The next day, seven or eight bandits descended from the mountain. They all pretended to be ordinary mountain people and sent a mule cart full of belongings out of the mountain. The mule cart walked slowly and leisurely for most of the day, and arrived at a market town, where they found a secluded place.
They unloaded the items from the car in the alley. After a while, more than twenty burly men walked out of a tavern not far away, burping with wine and leaning over their shoulders. The leader of the drunkards came over and put their arms around each other.
He whispered something to the bandit, turned around and made a gesture. The drunkards woke up immediately, each took out a piece of cloth to wrap the items and carried them on their backs. They turned back to the tavern to get their horses and whipped their whips.
Heading to the capital, the bandits drove the mule cart slowly back to the mountain.
Not long after the drunkards left, a man approached the tavern where they had been drinking and asked for some food and drinks. After eating for a while, he mentioned that he had just seen a group of drunken men on horses, and laughed: "I don't know.
He won't fall off his horse and knock his teeth out." He said with envy, "Look at him, he doesn't look like a noble person, his clothes are neatly dressed! He even has a horse to ride on."
The waiter in the shop was the most talkative and said: "That's the guy from Yinfengju! Does Yinfengju know about it? It's the largest antique shop in Beijing. Don't underestimate them. Their boss is extremely rich and generous, and the guys are full of money."
The man couldn't help but sneer: It turns out that Yinfengju in the capital is engaged in the sale of stolen goods. But that "adult" must not be a member of King Yan. Otherwise, it would be extremely cheap to trouble them to help send Princess Jian'an back to the capital while the Imperial Guards are around. So we know that the Imperial Guards
King Naishan or "Sir" recruited the messenger. It might not be too late to catch up with the drunkards at this moment, so he had a good meal, went to the market to buy a horse, and galloped away to the capital.
He was riding fast, and when he was about to reach the capital, he met the convoy of Princess Jian'an. The three hundred cavalry had disappeared. He thought to himself: If those people were invited by the Rongguo Mansion, they don't have to be secretive and just follow them into the city.
Since he was hiding, it was probably someone else's idea. He was alone and couldn't do anything. He just pretended to be a curious passer-by and looked around for a long time, then quickly rushed into the city. There were people from Rongguo Mansion waiting eagerly at the gate of the city.
, holding a young man with a weak crown in his hands, holding a pergola with his hands and looking far away, he thought it was the future consort Jia Huan. The man smiled coldly in his heart: His wife had spent many nights in the hands of bandits, is the jade perfect first?
Said: Since she was willing to tell the bandit that she recognized "Taihu King Wu", she might have been bribed by someone.
That afternoon, Mr. Zhao Cheng, the commander of the Wucheng Army, received an anonymous tip that the antique shop "Yinfengju" colluded with the bandits to sell stolen goods. There are so many stolen goods being sold these days, and the government doesn't care at all. They just sent a note of the report.
It was a fine piece of Xue Tao paper. Who would use this? It was clear that the person who reported the news was no ordinary person. Then he was troubled: he didn’t know whose property Yinfengju belonged to, nor who wanted to acquire this family’s property. This was so.
Should the case be handled or not?
On the other side, Rongguo Mansion had received Princess Jian'an. Jia Huan saw the carriage and horses approaching from a distance, he breathed a sigh of relief, and went up to meet Zhong Wei. When he saw Zhong Wei, he raised his hands and said hello. He asked what was going on, it was better than originally expected.
It was a lot late. Zhong Wei said: "Let's talk about it later." Jia Huan knew that there was an accident on the road, nodded, ran to the princess's carriage and bowed deeply: "Princess, you have worked hard all the way." Princess Jian'an was heartbroken.
, lowered his eyebrows and smiled in the car. Knowing that there were many people watching, he must not lose his etiquette, so he ordered the maid to go out and say some polite words, nothing more than "well-being" and the like. The brigade's dowry came to Beijing, and it provoked unknown people.
How many idle people were watching.
However, since they are not married yet, they naturally cannot live directly in Rongguo Mansion. It is not that the Situ family has no property in the capital. Furthermore, King Situ Pan of Yan is a biological uncle, and the Queen Mother is a direct grandmother. In the past two years, they have
After doing a lot of good business with no capital and huge profits, you have to add some dowry, right? Situ Pan then took the decision and ordered someone to move her into a private house of his. I don’t know if he did it on purpose. The small courtyard happened to be the one on Lychee Lane. In the early years,
I once lent it to Lin Hai to live in.
Over in Taiwan, everyone else was busy preparing to go to the Malay Islands in a few days and had no time. Only Jia Cong rushed to Beijing and just arrived yesterday. When Princess Jian'an was settled, Zhong Wei asked his brothers to take good care of her, and he was alone.
Went to Rongguo Mansion. Due to Shi Li's instructions, Zhong Wei did not mention the poisoning of the Empress Dowager, and Jia Huan only mentioned that she stole palace items and sent them to Yinfengju to sell them.
Speaking of the soldiers and horses that he met who might be the King of Chu a few days ago, Zhong Wei said with a smile: "The strategy of driving away wolves and devouring tigers was the princess's own idea. She also guessed that they would leave spies to check the follow-up and leave it to Yin Feng.
Ju was her idea. Did General Gan Lei chase him down? Are they from the King of Chu?"
"I haven't come back yet." Shi Li said, "Those people are quite capable of running away. Judging from the baggage brought back, it all looks like it belongs to the Wu Kingdom. It's just that Wu goods are all over the world, so it's hard to make a decision. Let's go back to Brother Cong and go to Feng Ziying.
Let’s do some research and help King Wu take the blame.”
"I'm not going." Jia Cong said lazily, "Feng Ziying is not stupid, how can he be fooled so easily. By the way, don't worry about Yinfengju. The Empress Dowager, King Yan and the suspected King of Chu are fighting, let's
Just wait and see the excitement."
Jia Huan didn't know about the "poisoning" and thought he was cleaning up Yinfengju just to vent his anger on Chen Ruijin. He smiled and said, "Did my wife help her sister-in-law?" Jia Cong gave him a sideways look.
Shi Li held his chin in both hands and said, "We still have to help the fire. That coward Zhao Cheng doesn't dare to take action for fear of some big shot behind him."
Jia Cong said: "Okay. Which of Situ Pan's sons is short of money?"
Shi Li thought for a while: "Everyone is short of money. Although the prince is honest, the people around him are not very honest. The third child in his family is younger and has become more ambitious. After the death of the second child, he didn't think it was a warning at all. By the way, this
Did you know that Situ had two more sons in the past few years?"
"I don't know." Jia Cong happened to be sitting across from Shi Li. He was lazy himself. When he saw Shi Li being lazy, he felt lazy too, so he held up his chin with both hands. "The prince has a higher status after all, so he is."
Zhong Wei looked at the two of them facing each other and almost fell asleep, and coughed twice: "Everyone should be careful these days to avoid causing any trouble. The Queen Mother still has many people in her hands."
Jia Cong said: "Don't you have it in King Yan's hands? Since the princess has moved into his courtyard, her uncle will take care of her safety. By the way, is Situ Pan himself short of money?"
Shi Li hurriedly straightened up: "Don't mess around!" Jia Cong rolled his eyes. Shi Linai said, "Ever since shopkeeper Qin San in the west of the city was kidnapped by Master Wu, her subordinate is far behind her.
The harvest is getting worse every year, and the King of Yan is also very short of money. Now he has sent people to mine the gold mines in Japan. If Yinfeng Residence falls into his hands, he will definitely search it thoroughly."
Jia Cong frowned and said, "Shouldn't we destroy this huge stolen goods den?"
"Why do you want to destroy it?" Shi Li rolled his eyes at him, "Do you know how big the palace is? Do you know how many good things there are in it? Destroying Yinfengju will cut off a way to make money. Besides, the Empress Dowager ultimately wants to
Isn’t it a firearm? Have you sent someone to tell Taoist Master Zhenming about Liu Hu?”
"No." Jia Cong said, "I just informed my colleagues in Southeast Asia." He bared his teeth and smiled, "Didn't he want to buy firearms? Firearms cost the most money, so you have to shop around, right?"
Shi Li clapped his hands: "See? Yinfengju's money will eventually fall into our hands."
The corner of Jia Cong's mouth twitched: "Anyway, the Empress Dowager can't let her live in peace, you people in Beijing can figure it out."
Unexpectedly, a maid came to Lychee Lane at this moment. She didn't enter the gate of Rongguo Mansion, but went around to Lixiang Courtyard. Jia Huan hurried out and asked the princess what she had to say. The maid said: "Princess, I asked about the man who almost robbed us that day.
It is unclear who owns the soldiers and horses. If they are found out, leave them alone and let her deal with them on her own."
Everyone in the back room heard it. Jia Cong and Shi Ligu clapped at the table: "So ambitious!"
Jia Huan smiled and said: "Wansheng knows. As long as Wansheng can help, please just give the princess your orders. But General Gan Lei has not returned from chasing the bandits, so I don't know which family he belongs to."
The maid said: "That's it, let's wait until he comes back." She resigned.
That night, Jia Cong went back to the house to wash up and prepare to rest. Knowing that Chen Ruijin had gone out, he went to the next door to see if she had returned. It was not until the third watch that Chen Ruijin came back and patted his heart: "Ansheng is safe."
Chen Ruijin smiled softly and said, "I went to talk to Princess Jian'an."
"ah?"
“Tell her that the Jia family doesn’t value a daughter-in-law who is ‘virtuous without talent’.” She said, “The more capable you are, the more the Jia family will value you.”
Jia Cong blinked: "Does she believe you?"
"I was hesitant at first, but she believed me after I wrote a few words."
Jia Cong didn't know why. She neither said nor asked. "Then have you told her who you are?"
"You can probably guess it." Chen Ruijin tilted his head, "I call her the third sister-in-law." Jia Cong giggled for a long time. (.. )