"What did he say to Tong Mo?" Shang Jianxiong asked as he walked.
"It mentioned Yan Baoru, the master ranked second on the Dan List, and said that Tong Xiang ordered Yan Baoru to assassinate him in the secret realm..."
Ga Miaoshui, who followed him away, quickly told the story of the conversation between Niu Youdao and Tong Mo.
He is so courageous that he dares to come to the capital and threaten people! Shang Jianxiong's cheek twitched hard and he frowned. He didn't know whether Yan Baoru's assassination was true or not. It seems that Tong Mo also hid something.
…
Tong Mo's mind was full of thoughts, but there were no clues on the surface. His steps were steady and he was alone in front of him.
He knew very well what Niu Youdao's public words about exterminating his entire family meant to the people in his faction, and people were panicking.
Gao Jiancheng and Shang Yongzhong quickened their pace to catch up with him. While observing his face, Shang Yongzhong complained: "You are so audacious that you dare to go to the palace and threaten important ministers of the court. How unreasonable!"
Tong Mo said calmly: "It's not his turn to act wild here yet. Let him jump around a few times. The three major factions will take care of him sooner or later."
At this moment, a young eunuch came over and said, "Tong Xiang, your Majesty has summoned me."
Tong Mo left, and Shang and Gao watched for a while and then looked at each other.
Shang Yongzhong asked in a low voice, "In Grand Situ's opinion, did Tong Xiang really instruct that Yan Baoru to assassinate Niu Youdao?"
Gao Jiancheng: "How can you believe Niu Youdao?"
Seeing that he was flawless, Shang Yongzhong cursed and asked: "In other words, Niu Youdao deliberately came to trouble Tong Xiang this time?"
Gao Jiancheng raised his hands and said, "I would like to hear Gao Jiancheng's opinion."
Gao Jiancheng rolled his eyes, put his hands into his sleeves, held them in front of his belly and walked away, looking around and muttering, "The weather is good today."
…
During lunch time, Fan Zhuan, the housekeeper of the Gao Mansion, personally delivered some home meals to Gao Jiancheng's official room.
Other officials did not want to disturb Da Situ's meal and left one after another.
When there were no outsiders, the steward Fan Zhuan whispered: "I heard that Niu Youdao came to the palace?" These ministers are very well informed.
Gao Jiancheng hummed and asked, "Why did you come here?"
Fan Zhuan, who was placing the food boxes, took out a piece of paper from the mezzanine and gave it to him, "News from Niu Youdao to the government."
Gao Jicheng was surprised. He quickly opened the paper and looked at it. He saw that it said that he should keep an eye on the people in the Tong family and not allow anyone from the Tong family to escape!
After reading it, he opened the drawer, took out the fire folding paper and blew it on fire, burning the paper to ashes.
Fan Zhuan whispered: "He wants to attack Tong Mo?"
Gao Jiancheng: "I still don't know who attacked whom. People from the three major sects wanted to keep Niu Youdao in the palace, but the man in the palace refused to agree. Now he has found a place for Niu Youdao to stay outside.
The movement is a bit unusual. The water in the capital city is very deep. Tong Mo has been in the position for many years. The tree is big and has deep roots, and its potential is extraordinary. His subordinates are a mixture of dragons and snakes. I am afraid that it is not just Yan Baoru, but even the three major sects cannot figure out the depth even if they are not strong enough.
This is Tong Mo's territory. He can't overthrow anyone who wants to. In addition, with the cooperation of this person in the palace, the sudden appearance of that person is a bit reckless. It is not as simple as he thought. Tong Mo is afraid that he will not be able to overturn it.
Let him survive tonight!"
Fan Zhuan: “What should we do?”
Gao Jiancheng looked out the window and said slowly: "There is no choice. Just do as he said. Reliable manpower will be deployed outside the Tong Mansion, and eyeliners inside the Tong Mansion will be used to keep an eye out. If any of the Tong family members are found to have left, immediately send a message to the people outside to keep an eye on them."
Go up. Remember, things must be done cleanly, and you can’t get angry.”
"Okay!" Fan Zhuan agreed, placed the food boxes, exchanged a few words in secret, and then left.
…
An elegant and quiet place in the capital, a house, was temporarily arranged for Niu Youdao to stay.
Niu Youdao wanted to leave, but the three major sects refused and sent ten people over to monitor him.
Walking into his room, Niu Youdao looked around and saw an unexpected piece of white paper placed on the clean table. He took a closer look and saw that there seemed to be words on the back. He waved his hand to take a photo and flipped it over in the air.
, I saw it said "danger, danger, danger", three dangers in a row.
Niu Youdao saw the mark in the lower left corner and knew it was a reminder sent by someone from Gao Jiancheng. He couldn't help but smile, realizing that the fruits in the capital were not ordinary deep, and these high officials in the DPRK were not ordinary simple either.
This house was a temporary place, and he had just moved in. As a result, he was able to put warning signs in his room without anyone noticing.
This is also the reason why he has never dared to come to the capital easily. He never dared to underestimate those secular officials.
Seeing that he was so cautious and didn't even touch a piece of paper without looking at it, Guan Fangyi came over and asked, "What is it?"
Niu Youdao stirred the paper with his hand and cast a spell to turn the paper into powder, preventing the contents of the warning from being leaked.
Not interested, Guan Fangyi snorted coldly, gave him a roll of eyes, and said with an unhappy face: "I can tell you, I have lived in Qijing for many years, and this Yanjing must be similar, so don't be trivial."
Look at people like Tong Mo, people with money and power in their hands are very scary, and there is not only one Yan Baoru under his command."
She didn't expect that Niu Youdao would directly provoke Tong Mo when he came over, and even say such words to Tong Mo, it was like putting a knife on his neck.
Wu Zhaoxing said: "In this central place of the country, all kinds of things gather together, and fish and dragons are mixed together. You really need to be careful."
Being able to say this, he obviously also thinks that people like Tong Mo are not easy to mess with, especially in a place like the capital.
Niu Youdao waved his sleeves and swept away the floating dust, "It takes time for news to come and go between the three major sects. Before the news from the three major sects is replied, the people from the three major sects will not act rashly against me. In this matter, as long as the three major sects do not
If you intervene with force, nothing will happen."
As he spoke, he looked back and looked around, "Send the signal and ask Yun Ji to come see me."
…
Under the eaves, Song's envoy Qian Liansheng wandered anxiously.
Under the current situation of the Song Dynasty, it is not easy for him as an envoy stationed in Yanjing. It is really not easy for him to do so.
When the Song Dynasty was strong, he could even be arrogant and show off his country's prestige in the Yan Kingdom's court, but now he is begging his grandfather and grandma everywhere.
After the Yan State took off his clothes and insulted him naked outside the imperial palace, Song State's national destiny seemed to be deteriorating. His head was really white with sorrow, and his temples were stained white with frost.
A subordinate came quickly, and Qian Liansheng hurriedly asked: "How is it? We have found out the whereabouts of Niu Youdao."
The Song Dynasty was looking for Niu Youdao everywhere, hoping to ask the Yan Kingdom to send troops, but they could not find it. Unexpectedly, there was news that Niu Youdao had come to Yanjing.
At this time, how could he miss the opportunity to meet Niu Youdao? Regardless of whether Niu Youdao agreed or not, he had to find a way to meet and persuade Niu Youdao. This was a duty he could not shirk.
"It has been found out." The subordinate nodded repeatedly and presented a letter with both hands, "This is a letter sent by Niu Youdao, asking you to meet me!"
"Ah!" Qian Liansheng was startled, then ecstatic at the same time. It's hard to say what the result would be if he came to ask for help. If someone took the initiative to see him, the situation would be different. If Niu Youdao didn't have the intention to send troops, why would he?
Take the initiative to see him?
This gave him great hope, and he couldn't wait to open the letter and read it.
The joy gradually solidified on his face, and suspicion gradually appeared. The letter did mean to ask him to meet, but it was a request to meet in secret, and the request must not be discovered. It also specified the location of the secret meeting, and also restricted him.
The number of people brought.
"What does he mean?" Qian Liansheng asked for advice in confusion.
The subordinate said: "It is also understandable. If we really send troops, I am afraid that we will have to leave aside the three major factions of the Yan State and the Yan State's court. I'm afraid it won't work if we don't do things in secret."
Qian Liansheng nodded in agreement.
In short, no matter what doubts he had, he had to go to the appointment, and there was no need for Niu Youdao to do anything unfavorable to an envoy like him.
Of course, necessary preparations must be made just in case, and secret preparations and arrangements must be made at the moment.
In the evening, Qian Liansheng brought four guards, disguised himself, and came out through a secret passage prepared secretly by the embassy.
The embassies of various countries will inevitably do some shameful things, and it is normal to prepare similar secret passages.
The streets were gradually becoming brighter, and Qian Liansheng, who was swinging in the carriage, stretched out his hand to open the corner of the curtain and looked outside from time to time, with worries on his brows.
Arriving at the side door of a remote house, someone jumped out of the carriage and knocked on the door. After explaining his purpose, the door was opened and the carriage was put in together.
The person in charge of picking up the guests was Xu Laoliu in disguise. When Qian Liansheng got off the carriage and saw him, he asked, "Where is the Taoist Master?"
Instead of calling him by his first name, he respectfully called Niu Youdao Taoist Master. It is said that people at Maolu Villa called him this way, and he also expressed his respect.
I have no choice but to ask others.
"Please follow me!" Xu Laoliu led them to a house deep in the inner courtyard. When he opened the door, he saw a tunnel entrance on the ground inside the house.
When they reached the edge of the tunnel, Xu Laoliu extended his hand to greet him, "You just go straight, there will be someone at the other end of the tunnel to meet you, and you will naturally see Master Tao then."
Feeling more and more mysterious, Qian Liansheng and others looked at each other in confusion, but still went down to the tunnel.
It was pitch dark in the tunnel, and someone released moon butterfly lighting.
The tunnel is not spacious and can accommodate at most two people walking side by side. The walls are very smooth, as if they were made from nature.
There were no forks in the tunnel, but it felt very long. Qian Liansheng and others were more and more surprised as they walked. They didn't see the exit yet. They didn't expect Niu Youdao to have dug such a long tunnel in the capital. This was amazing.
No small project.
After walking for almost a full mile, we saw the exit. As soon as we emerged from the exit, we were in a room again, where Wu Laoer was already there to meet us.
Wu Lao'er asked them to wait for a moment, and after someone outside gave them news and confirmed that there were no witnesses, Wu Lao'er took them out.
After leaving the room and seeing the building outside the house, Qian Liansheng's men whispered to him, indicating that this was the place where Niu Youdao had found his home.
This reassured Qian Liansheng a lot.
They thought they could see Niu Youdao, but Wu Laoer took them into a room again and told them that there were spies from the imperial court outside, telling them to hide in the house and keep quiet until Master Dao greeted them.
After Wu Laoer left, several people waited silently. When it got dark and the room was pitch dark, there was still no greeting.
It had been quiet for a long time, and suddenly there was a tinkling sound coming from outside, which made people in the house listen attentively.
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