He was right. The day when he would solve the mystery was indeed not far away. This group of people who could hide even Mu Xi's eyes and ears were indeed Zheng Chenggong.
As for why he was able to successfully avoid Mu Xi and the others, it certainly made sense. Lin Chong had never thought that Zheng Chenggong was planning to come to Nanjing, so he naturally did not think of paying more attention to Wang Chengen.
Even if he now guessed that the other party was Zeng De and his group, he would never have guessed that Zeng De's so-called boss was Zheng Chenggong, let alone Zheng Chenggong, who was the real Emperor Chongzhen.
They were not far from Nanjing. Zheng Chenggong contacted Wang Chengen regularly, so although he was not in Nanjing, he already knew the situation there well.
He has many things to take care of, and often appearing in other places will arouse the suspicion and attention of others, so most of the time this matter falls on Zeng De.
The same goes for this day. In total, this should be their last contact with people in Nanjing before arriving in Nanjing. Soon they will be able to meet directly.
When the time comes, he will also be able to meet this man with great powers who can get any information. Who is the friend Zheng Chenggong mentioned that he grew up with?
He guessed at that time that this person should also be a royal guard, always following the emperor to protect him, so he could have such detailed information and always be able to tell them.
But in fact, he couldn't understand it. Since this man was originally a Jinyiwei, he could just hurry back and go back. Why should he keep collecting news from Nanjing?
He doesn't really want to rebel, does he? But if he rebels, can people like them be able to compete with the emperor? And the person they met last time, if he was a relative of Zheng Chenggong, he would choose to side with them
This side?
While Zeng De was thinking about these problems, he continued to wait for the person who came to deliver the letter at the place they had agreed upon before. As a result, the person didn't know what went wrong today, and he waited here for a long time without seeing anyone.
At the same time, Cao Meng, who failed the last test, was even more resentful towards Shi Lang because he and the others had lost face. He often took advantage of Shi Lang's dissatisfaction with Zeng De and deliberately sow discord between the two, saying things that would make people angry.
If people are angry.
Shi Lang was originally a person who had high self-esteem and no scheming. This kind of person is usually the easiest to listen to other people's coaxing and make wrong judgments. In addition, he was originally biased against Zeng De, and it was really unpleasant to look at him at this moment.
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Shi Lang had just returned from discussing business with Zheng Chenggong. He was in a rare good mood and had a few drinks when he heard someone hurried in.
He hurriedly put away the wine glasses and flasks, dug out a few crumpled books that were crumpled somewhere and piled them on the table, and started to memorize them while shaking his head.
Cao Meng saw this scene as soon as he came in. He was stunned for a moment. He exited the door and looked outside, and then walked in again. As he walked, he said to himself: "This is not the wrong step, no.
Is it right here?”
When Shi Lang heard his voice, he immediately became angry. He rolled up a book and threw it at him: "I said, what are you doing sneaking around here? I was so scared that I thought it was Brother Zheng."
While cursing, he took out his wine glass and flask again and filled them up with wine.
Cao Meng caught the book he threw over, but he was not annoyed at all. He approached it mysteriously: "Brother Lang, do you know what I found? I didn't tell anyone this news. The first one
I just thought of you."
Shi Lang glanced at him: "If you have this good news, you should share it with others. Because of this matter last time, Brother Zheng had a problem with me. I will not get involved in your nonsense."
"How can you say that? This is not my problem alone. It doesn't matter to me. I'm just afraid that a mouse dropping will spoil the pot of porridge."
"What do you mean? Are you talking about Zeng De?" Shi Lang got angry when he mentioned this name: "I have long thought that he is not a good person, and I don't know what kind of ecstasy soup he poured into Brother Zheng to make him
He has changed so much."
Cao Meng was not as easy to deceive as Shi Lang. He believed people who said his temperament changed drastically because of the injury on his face. Cao Meng had always had doubts about this.
"We are already tolerant of him on weekdays and let him eat from the same pot with us, but we didn't expect that while he pretends to be sanctimonious on the surface, he actually has a vicious mind and has already had second thoughts! Only you are the only one.
A person as loyal as Brother Zheng is why we treat him as one of our own!"
"What do you mean? Are you having second thoughts, Zeng De? How dare this kid betray us?" Shi Lang was furious. Just when he was about to get angry, he remembered what happened last time and suppressed it.
"Do you have any evidence for such a big matter? This is not something you can settle with just a few empty words. You must have solid evidence!" Shi Lang frowned.
In fact, in his heart, he wished that Zende was really still dealing with others in private, so that he would have a reason to teach him a lesson. It would be best to beat him out directly, so as not to stay here and watch and get upset!
"You said such a big thing, how could I dare to spread rumors? Of course there is real evidence. If you don't believe me, come and see me now. I'm sure you will catch me!" Cao Meng looked confident.
He has been observing continuously for more than a month. Every five days, he will go somewhere and secretly talk to others without knowing what to say. And every time, he chooses when Zheng Chenggong is discussing business with them. He is not betraying Zheng Chenggong.
What is it?
He also discovered it when he accidentally came out to find a place to go when he was in urgent need of urination. He moved very quickly, always picking things when no one was around, and would leave immediately after taking something.
At first, because Zende rarely participated in their conversations, and they were not willing to call him, no one noticed this.
Cao Meng told what he had discovered, and then concluded: "Boss Zheng will ask us all to gather in the hall later. By that time, Zeng De will definitely find a way to meet that mysterious man. All we need to do is
If you find someone to monitor him, you will definitely gain something."
Seeing how confident he was, Shi Lang couldn't help but feel moved: "Are you telling the truth? Are you really sure that he will go to see the mysterious man today? What if he doesn't go today, or you were wrong before?
"
Cao Meng looked indifferent: "We just found someone to monitor him. If he has not done anything bad, of course we are not afraid. We are doing this for the sake of Boss Zheng, and we are afraid that he will be deceived by villains."
When Shi Lang thought about it, it seemed that he was doing it for everyone's benefit.