Early the next morning, Yao Lingyan sent someone to deliver a piece of jade and a string of beads to Liu Feng. Liu Feng quickly called for his aide Yang Mi.
Liu Feng pointed to the two boxes on the table and said, "These are sent by Yao Lingyan. What do you think he means?"
Yang Mi stepped forward and opened the box, took a look at it, and immediately laughed, "This meaning is called a perfect match. It means that Yao Lingyan is willing to serve Liu Gong and cooperate closely with Liu Gong. I didn't expect that he would make up his mind so quickly."
Liu Feng was overjoyed and said quickly: "Then what should we do next?"
Yang Mi stroked his goat's beard and said: "The plan suggested by Bei Zhi last night can be implemented. Bei Zhi believes that Yao Lingyan will definitely make up for Yuan Xiu's blow at the critical moment."
Liu Feng nodded, Yang Mi's method was so sinister that it was unimaginable, but without poison, he would not be a husband. Since conventional methods could not defeat Yuan Xiu, he could only use abnormal methods.
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The four town and county kings deployed by Zhu Si all had heavy troops. In order to prevent them from rebelling, their eldest sons were all pledged in Luoyang. Dong Zhu, the eldest son of Dong Xizhi, the king of Xiangyang County, and his old father were also in Luoyang. They lived in Dong's Mansion in Luoyang.
, in order to prevent them from escaping, Zhu Si also sent people to monitor them.
That night, Dong Zhu had just fallen asleep when suddenly there was a knock on the door. He heard the housekeeper report: "Sir, Yuan Xiangguo has sent someone to deliver a letter. It is very urgent!"
Dong Zhu's father, Dong Xizhi, had a good relationship with the prime minister Yuan Xiu. Dong Xizhi was recommended by Yuan Xiu to take charge of Xiangyang. Dong Zhu heard that it was an urgent matter and did not dare to be careless. He quickly got up, put on his clothes and opened the door and asked, "Where is the letter?"
The butler handed over a roll of paper and said, "That's it. The person who came here said there is still a message!"
Dong Zhu opened the scroll, and there were only two words on it, 'Escape quickly!'
Dong Zhu was startled and asked quickly: "Where is the person?"
"Waiting in the living room!"
Dong Zhu felt uneasy and hurriedly walked to the living room.
Not long after, Dong Zhu came to the guest hall and saw a man in his thirties sitting in the hall. Dong Zhu walked into the hall and asked: "Are you sent by Yuan Xiangguo?"
The visitor hurriedly stood up and saluted, "This villain is Zhang Yao, the third steward of the Yuanxiang Palace. I have come here to deliver a message to Mr. Dong on the order of steward Yuan."
"Any other message?"
Zhang Yao stepped forward and lowered his voice: "Yuan Xiangguo said that the emperor is going to attack the king of Xiangyang County and wants the young master to take the old lady and flee the capital as soon as possible."
Dong Zhu was shocked. His father was motivated by ambition. He knew this, but because he and his grandfather were hostages in the capital, his father could only endure it. Could it be that the emperor discovered his father's ambition?
Thinking about it, it is very possible that my father must have exposed clues while training in Xiangyang, and the emperor discovered it.
He quickly cupped his hands and said, "Please tell Yuan Xiangguo to thank him for the reminder. My father will definitely remember it in his heart."
Dong Zhu rewarded Zhang Yao with another hundred taels of silver, and Zhang Yao said goodbye and left.
Dong Zhu immediately went to wake his father up, and the two of them prepared to escape.
The cunning rabbit has three caves. In order to escape from the capital at the critical moment, Dong Zhu had already made preparations. First, they bribed the people who monitored them. As long as the two of them did not leave the capital, the supervisors would usually turn a blind eye.
, as for housekeeper Yuanxiu coming to visit in the middle of the night, they don't care.
There are two groups of monitors, one is placed inside the mansion, such as coachmen and servants, and the other is outside the gate of the mansion, closely monitoring the main gate, side door and back door of Dong's mansion.
Dong Zhu has a secret house outside Luoyang City. As long as they can leave the city and put on makeup in the secret house, they can escape Luoyang by boat.
The grandfather and grandson discussed for a while. Both of them were worried about the long night and dreamy dreams, so they decided to escape overnight. They first dressed up as ordinary people and dressed in rags. Then the grandfather and grandson came to the West Courtyard. There is no gate in the West Courtyard, but there is an alley outside the west wall.
Across the alley is a group of private houses. Although there is no gate in the west courtyard, there are two watchers patrolling the alley outside. Dong Zhu knows this very well.
However, more than a year ago, they dug a ten-foot-long secret passage that led directly to a private house across the alley, so that they could leave the house without anyone noticing. As soon as the city gate opened at dawn, they
He went out, but the soldiers guarding the city gate didn't know who they were?
The grandfather and grandson and two guards entered a small room, which was a room where debris was stored. The two guards moved out a dilapidated bed. Underneath was a four-foot-square stone slab with an iron ring on it.
The two moved away the stone slab, revealing a large dark hole. A wooden ladder was placed at the entrance of the hole.
"Sir, I'll go down first!" a subordinate whispered.
Although this tunnel has only been dug for more than a year and is still relatively new, out of caution, we still let the guards go down first.
After a moment, the guard shouted in the tunnel: "Sir, it's okay!"
Dong Zhu nodded, "Grandpa, follow me!"
The other guard left, and the four of them crawled in the cave toward the exit about five feet away.
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At noon, Zhu Si had just finished lunch and was taking a tea break. Zhu Si was extremely fat, weighing more than 250 kilograms. In addition, he was indulgent and indulged in food and wine, which kept his mind in a state of chaos for many years.
He no longer has the ability and energy to handle government affairs.
However, Zhu Si still controlled power very tightly, and he was especially vigilant towards his subordinates. Regarding the generals who were suppressing the army outside, Zhu Si not only sent supervisory troops, but also detained their families as hostages in Luoyang.
At this time, a eunuch came to report, "Your Majesty, General Li Tong of the Internal Guard has something urgent to see you."
Zhu Si opened his eyes slightly and said, "Xuan him to come in!"
Several palace maids hurriedly stepped forward to help him up. At this time, a tall and burly general walked in, knelt down on one knee and said: "Your Majesty, Li Tong!"
"What urgent matter do you need to report?" Zhu Si asked impatiently.
"Your Majesty, Dong Xizhi's family has absconded!"
"What?"
Zhu Si was startled, "I don't understand what you mean, can you say it again?"
"The son and father of Dong Xizhi, Prince of Xiangyang County, escaped from his residence last night and may have left the city. Currently, five thousand internal guards have been dispatched to search for their whereabouts."
Zhu Si suddenly became furious and threw the tea cup to the ground. "Bang!" The tea cup broke into pieces.
Zhu Si roared: "Are you internal guards eating shit? Two big men can't stand it."
Li Tong said with a grimace: "It's not that the internal guards have failed in their duties, but that someone is helping them."
"Who? Who is helping them?" Zhu Si asked angrily.
"I interrogated the steward of the Dong Mansion in my humble position. He said that last night, Yuan Xiangguo sent someone to deliver a roll of paper and a message to Dong Xizhi's son, and then Dong Xizhi's son and his father escaped overnight."
Of course, Li Tong would not say that his subordinates were not monitoring well, that was his responsibility. He finally found a messenger who took the blame. He also tried his best to imply that Dong Xizhi's family escaped with the help of Yuan Xiu.
Hearing that the Prime Minister Yuan Xiu was involved, Zhu Si slowly calmed down. Of course he knew that Dong Xizhi was the general recommended by Yuan Xiu. The supervisor secretly reported to him that Dong Xizhi had recruited private troops in Xiangyang, which made Zhu Si
He was alert, and Dong Xizhi refused to go to Beijing to report on his work on the pretext of illness, which made Zhu Si even more suspicious.
Now that Dong Xizhi's son and father have escaped, Dong Xizhi has no worries. Zhu Si is almost certain that Dong Xizhi will support his troops and stand on his own. However, it involves Prime Minister Yuan Xiu, so Zhu Si has to calm down.
"Are you sure he's from the Minamoto Sect?"
"The steward of the Dong Mansion said that the visitor is the third steward of the Yuan Mansion, named Zhang Yao."
"Then what?"
"Bizhi went to Yuan Mansion to look for this Zhang Yao in the morning, but people in Yuan Mansion said that he did not return last night. Beizhi suspected that this person was hiding or had been silenced."
Zhu Si pondered for a moment and said: "You internal guards have to do two things. First, search for Dong Xizhi's family with all your strength and prevent them from escaping. Second, to find the missing Zhang Yao, you must see the person alive and see the body after death."
, we must confirm that he is a person sent by Yuan Xiangguo, if he dares to make any mistakes again, your internal guard commander will stop doing it!"
"I humbly obey orders!"
Li Tong broke out in a cold sweat. He bowed and left in a hurry.
Zhu Si was completely sleepless at this time. He raised his head and was thinking about something, with a fierce light flashing in his small eyes.
I treat them well, so if they dare to collude internally or externally, I can't blame myself for being ruthless.
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At dusk, in front of the Caohe River in Liren City, Luoyang, there were three floors inside and three floors outside. More than a dozen government officials fished a body out of the river. The crowd suddenly became commotion and backed away. Everyone stood on tiptoe.
He stretched his neck.
"Get out of the way!" A group of internal guard soldiers rushed over, surrounded by the commander Li Tong.
The soldiers pushed away the crowd, and Li Tong rode up to the scene. The deceased was a man in his thirties, wearing a butler's short clothes.
A government official presented a bronze medal and said, "General, this is what I found on him."
Li Tong took the sign and saw the word 'Yuanfu' engraved on the front and the word Li Yao on the back. It was Li Yao, the housekeeper of Yuanfu whom he was looking for everywhere.
Although the person was silenced and should not have identification on him, Li Tong couldn't find Dong Xizhi's family anywhere. Now Zhang Yao was his only life-saving straw. He couldn't care less about unreasonable questions and immediately ordered: "