In the private room, although there was a stove to keep the temperature warm, the leftovers on the table were already cold.
Li An finally understood that Xiao Chen was wholeheartedly supporting the prince, and could also be said to be the prince's traitor.
As for me, I am really a member of the King of Han faction. He wants to win me over to support the prince.
"Brother Xiao, let me take the liberty to ask, are you someone close to the prince?" Li An asked softly, leaning forward.
Xiao Chen was stunned: "Why did Mr. Li say this?"
"Brother Xiao wholeheartedly protects the prince, so he should be the prince's man." Li An finally showed a smile and said confidently.
Looking at Li An with a confident face, Xiao Chen couldn't help but shake his head.
Why is this Li An always acting like his brain has been kicked by a donkey? Why not be loyal to the court? He insists on forming gangs with someone else. He still looks confident, as if he has guessed right.
"I am from the imperial court, not from the prince. I don't even know what the prince looks like."
"He's not the prince? Why do brothers Xiao protect the prince so wholeheartedly?" Li An asked.
"I defend the prince because he is legitimate. I don't want to see the prince seize the legitimate son, causing chaos in the court and the people's livelihood. The emperor has made many northern expeditions, and the people have been miserable. If there is another turmoil because of the legitimate son, I am afraid that the people will really die.
I can’t go down anymore. I grew up in the village eating the food of hundreds of families, and I have too deep feelings for the common people. If you have to say who I am, then I am the common people’s person.”
Looking out the window, Xiao Chen said with a serious face.
These words were beyond Li An's expectation. In his mind, Dongchang, under the leadership of those eunuchs, must be relying on the emperor's favor to be arrogant and domineering in the name of doing things for the emperor.
, doing some shameful and dirty things.
And this Xiao Chen, although his behavior was a bit domineering, it was still a just act, and he couldn't help but admire him in his heart.
"Brother Xiao, give me your orders. What do you want me to do when you come down?" Li An said angrily, patting his chest.
"The best way to confront the King of Han is to make him angry. Only an angry person will make some impulsive decisions. Only in this way can we seize the opportunity to eliminate his followers and vent this bad breath for you, sir.
"Xiao Chen smiled and patted Li An on the shoulder.
"Where is Wang Wencheng? Can you touch him?"
"If you touch him, who will inform the King of Han?" Xiao Chen laughed strangely.
...
In Shangshu Mansion, Wang Wencheng beat his left palm with his right fist and walked anxiously around his room.
Li An and Xiao Chen took to the streets arm in arm, which was a very bad omen.
If Xiao Chen uses special means to win Li An over, it will be an absolute big loss to the King of Han.
Li An is also one of the six chief officials, and has absolute say in the court. The King of Han cannot currently intervene in the affairs of the court. Although other ministries also have some of their own people scattered around, Li An is definitely one of the most powerful speakers.
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Wang Wencheng was a little confused. A few days ago, Xiao Chen was so angry that he wanted to take Li An's head. Why did he start going out to drink like old friends again today? Could it be that he was deliberately acting for himself?
That's not right. Even if Xiao Chen had an agenda, Li An's head was almost taken away by Xiao Chen. How could he be so willing to let Xiao Chen go out arm-in-arm? He was wearing official uniform.
Aren't you afraid of someone gossiping?
No, this situation must be reported to the King of Han.
Thinking of this, Wang Wencheng walked to the table, thought for a while, wrote a letter quickly, turned around and walked out of the back hall.
Outside the back hall is the stable of Shangshu Mansion. A servant is using a wooden fork to fork a pile of hay and prepare to put it into the manger next to it.
Seeing Wang Wenliang with a gloomy face, the servant put down his wooden fork, looked around, and said softly: "Master Butler, is something wrong?"
Wang Wencheng took out the letter from his arms: "Send this letter out, and pay attention to the secret whistle in the East Factory outside."
"Yes." The servant responded softly, took the letter and put it in his arms, threw a few bamboo cages nearby onto the carriage, picked up an iron rake and put it on the carriage, then untied the horse and hitched it to the carriage.
superior.
After checking his clothes up and down, he jumped into the carriage and rushed towards the gate.
Seeing that they were about to reach the gate, Wang Wencheng hurriedly caught up with him: "Wait a minute."
After reining in the horse, the servant turned back with a question on his face.
Walking to the carriage, Wang Wencheng lowered his voice and said, "When we're done, we'll go to the Zuo'an Gate to shoot horse grass, and by the way, we'll see if the two people in the ditch are still there."
"Yes." He raised the whip in his hand and the carriage slowly left the gate.
Here Xiao Chen and Li An finished eating and drinking, paid the bill, and walked out of the tavern door.
Seeing a secret sentry who was responsible for monitoring the Shangshu's Mansion standing not far away, Xiao Chen was a little puzzled. This place was a bit far away from the Shangshu's Mansion. What was the secret sentry doing here? Could there be something going on?
At that moment, he raised his fists towards Li An and said, "Master Li, go ahead. I have something to deal with here."
Looking at the crowd on the street, Li An An understood carefully that perhaps the captain of the Dongchang School had something to report, and he also raised his fists: "Brother Xiao, just go and do your work, I will go back home first."
Watching Li An disappear on the street, the whistle hurriedly came up and whispered in Xiao Chen's ear: "The carriage in the morning just left the Shangshu Mansion again. There was a bamboo cage and iron rake on the carriage. It looked like it was going there.
Hunting horse grass in the wild."
"Wrecking horse grass? How can such a large Shangshu Mansion not have a stock of horse grass and need to go out to hunt horse grass at any time?" He thought quickly in his mind, "Immediately inform Duan Tianming to make two straw men and wear the clothes of the servants of the Shangshu Mansion.
His clothes were thrown into the ditch outside Zuo'anmen where he rescued Li An's wife and children."
After receiving Xiao Chen's order, Duan Tianming put down the wine bottle in his hand, took out a horse from the stable of the Thirteenth Army, got on the horse, and headed towards the inn inside Zuo'anmen like the wind.
Without taking a breath, they randomly found two pieces of clothes for Liu Ruyan and her son to change into. They also found a pile of straw from the inn kitchen, quickly tied them into two straw men, and put the clothes of the servants of the Shangshu Mansion on them.
He put on a suit, took a secret sentry who rescued the two of them, and hurried out of Zuo'anmen.
Although the man driving the carriage was relatively slow, he set off early. If he found that there was no one at the bottom of the ditch, all the arrangements would be in vain.
After finishing all this as quickly as possible, when we returned, we finally met the carriage that was leaving the city to beat horses at the gate of Zuo'an.
Watching the carriage slowly drive away, Duan Tianming patted his chest.
"But why didn't I think of this move? It seems that we still need to be prepared in advance for this kind of thing."
This servant driving the carriage was a person recruited by the King of Han after Wang Wenliang became the steward of the Shangshu Mansion.
After delivering the secret letter to the grocery store on the street, he came to Zuo'anmen, took a look at the desolate fields outside the city, and muttered.
"It's such a cold day, those two people have long been frozen to death, and Butler Wang is really dead. I'm afraid they might have escaped."
