Jinghong Building

Chapter 356 Zhou Cangyue’s Secret

In Jinling City, there are two other groups of people looking for the third person in Jing, besides Duke Ding.

Master Liu and his men.

Master Liu is the eldest son of Liu Shanhe.

As soon as Liu Shanhe died, Dingguo Duke immediately sent someone to surround the Liu family. All this came too quickly. The Liu family's troops were all outside the city. The news of Liu Shanhe's death had not yet been heard from the palace. The people sent by Dingguo Duke It surrounded the Liu family.

All three hundred and twenty-one members of the Liu family were imprisoned.

Master Liu is currently the Shaoqing of Dali Temple and is already a fourth-rank official at a young age.

When something happened, he was investigating a corruption case in Yuhang. When he learned that something happened at home, he evaporated from the world.

The people sent by Duke Ding arrived in Yuhang were still one step late, and even the shadow of Master Liu was not seen.

At this time, Master Liu had secretly returned to Jinling and learned that his father's gangsters were dead and arrested. Those who had been dependent on the Liu family in the past had either turned against him and surrendered to Duke Ding, or searched for another person in the court. Relying on the ground, either the door was closed and a turtle was turned into a turtle.

Master Liu knew that the situation was hopeless. What he could do now was not to avenge his father, but to save the Liu family's people.

The first thing I need to save is of course my two sons and the youngest younger brother.

Like all wealthy families, as they got married and had children, Grand Master Liu gradually became alienated from his younger brothers. The only person who still had some affection was his youngest younger brother Liu Qi. Liu Qi was only fourteen years old and had not yet married.

Grand Master Liu decided to use Ding Gong’s children to exchange for his younger brother and two sons.

But before he could do anything, he received the news that Jing Laosan was missing and Dingguo Duke's mansion was digging three feet into the ground to look for Jing Laosan.

At first, people from Dingguo Duke’s Mansion were looking for it, but now Dingguo Duke’s Mansion is looking for it in person.

Master Liu suddenly realized that he had been wrong, and he actually ignored the third son of Jing.

Although the Liu family and Ding Gong were not in the same circle, Mr. Liu knew more or less about the Ding Gong Gong Mansion.

Although the third son of Jing was recorded in the name of the Duke of the Kingdom, he was actually a concubine's son.

Therefore, from the beginning to the end, Master Liu did not think about attacking Jing Laosan.

But now it seems that Jing Laosan is definitely Duke Ding’s most beloved son.

So Master Liu immediately withdrew his manpower, trying to find the third son of Jing before Duke Ding.

If the third son of Jing is alone, he can even exchange it for one of his sons.

At the same time, there were a group of people looking for Jing Laosan, namely Xiu Gu and her subordinates.

Although He Ran is not in Jinling, she has always been paying attention to the situation in Jinling since those three bowls of blood.

Now at the time of the turmoil in the court, He Ran had secretly ordered Xiu Gu to prepare. Just as Duke Ding investigated and searched the Liu family and his gangsters, all the killers Xiu Gu had trained over the years had gathered in Jinling, waiting for an order to go to the .

Now all the attention is focused on Duke Ding. Duke Ding put down his government and went to find his son, of course, he could not escape Jinghonglou's eyes and ears.

Xiu Gu delivered the news to He Ran as soon as possible.

At this time, He Ran had arrived in Xuzhou and met with Feng Zan.

Xuzhou is seven or eight hundred miles away from Jinling, which is much closer than to the capital, and it is more convenient to deliver messages.

He Ran was stunned.

Judging from the actions of Duke Dingguo, this man was decisive in killing and kept it hidden, and possessed the basic qualities of a usurper in power.

Although she was not in Jinling, she could have guessed that Jinling is now, and it must be in chaos.

At this critical moment, Duke Ding left behind a bunch of government affairs and went to find his son in person, which was very different from He Ran's previous impression of Duke Ding.

As for the reason, He Ran could only think of two things. One is that Duke Ding loves this concubine's son very much.

Second, this concubine's son still has secrets and is of great importance.

Since Duke Dingguo forced the palace to force him to investigate the grudge between Duke Dingguo and Liu Shanhe.

However, on the way to the marching, He Ran asked Xiu Gu to send all the news to Xuzhou. Therefore, He Ran saw the previous news only when he arrived in Xuzhou.

Xiu Gu found out that Duke Ding had a woman before marrying Duke Ding's wife.

The woman's identity is untestable, but according to the old man from the Duke's Mansion, when the old Duke Ding learned about this, he hung Duke Ding on a tree and whipped it to death.

Duke Ding was lying in bed for a whole month. After healed, Duke Ding's mansion advanced the marriage date on the grounds that he wanted to let Duke Ding go to the army to experience training, so that Duke Ding and Duke Ding's wife would get married, and he was married. Later, the couple were sent to the border and they were not allowed to return to the capital three years later.

At that time, Liu Shanhe had just been transferred to Qingzhou, and Duke Ding did not know him at all.

The two officially had an intersection after they arrived in Jinling. Liu Shanhe was in power in the court and the Duke of Dingguo was an old nobleman. Although he was famous, he had no say in the court.

After reading this, He Ran frowned and said to Xiaoli, "Let Xiugu send someone to find Jing Laosan. Once it is found, he will lock the person up."

As soon as he sent the secret letter to Xiu Gu, he received Zhang Shigong's letter.

Zhang Shigong and his five-member group have been lent to Zhou Cangyue for two years.

Zhang Shigong told He Ran in the letter that Zhou Cangyue was not in the army, and that the matter was very secretive, and even the generals were not aware of it.

After he noticed it, he thought that Zhou Cangyue had personally led his troops to take the secret operation, but Zhou Cangyue did not come back for ten consecutive days. This was something that had never happened before, so he felt that he should report it to He Ran.

He Ran stared at the letter for a long time. She could know the changes in Jinling City, and of course Zhou Cangyue could know them too.

No matter who it is, everyone knows that this is a critical moment, but Zhou Cangyue is missing at this critical moment. No matter how you look at it, it seems that he has other plans.

He Ran's heart moved and said to Xiaoli, "Send another letter to Xiugu to let her pay attention to the actions of the Beggars' Sect."

After arranging these things, He Ran walked into the tent and discussed military information with Feng Zan.

The next morning, He Ran was in charge of Xuzhou, Feng Zan's army launched a fierce attack on Huai'an Prefecture, and He Xiulong's army advanced towards Yangzhou. At the same time, after Lu Zhen and Jiangtao's army captured Bozhou, they divided into two groups to sweep Fengyang Prefecture and Yingzhou. The prefectures and counties are under the prefectures and counties.

It was said to be a sweeping rush, but the Ran army was disciplined and after capturing the city, it could not burn, kill, and loot the people. In order to avoid panic in the people, they fled everywhere and caused unnecessary trouble. As early as when He Ran decided to compile a comic strip, He Yamin was asked. In each comic strip, the plot of the Ran Army treating the people well after entering the city is more or less added.

In recent years, comic strips have already penetrated into various parts of the south of the Yangtze River. Compared with the morning newspapers and evening newspapers favored by scholars, comic strips are more popular and suitable for both young and old.

In addition, the price is cheap, so it has been banned in recent years. Because it is mostly circulated among children, the government simply turns a blind eye and can't catch a bunch of children. The people are familiar with the stories in the comic strips, and they know the generals of the Ran Army as much as their own, and they know that the Ran Army loves the people as much as their sons and does not burn, kill, and loot the people.

Of course, if the people take the initiative to donate, Ran Jun will welcome him with both hands.

Therefore, when learning that the Ran Army had fought, except for some wealthy families with officials or wealthy families, ordinary people did not escape with their families. During the war, they closed their doors and hid at home, and some even let their families go home. The child brought the comic strips.

Ah, it turns out that there will be a victorious drum after the battle. After the victorious drum, there will be special people on the streets, beating the gong and shouting: "Ran's army will enter the city, live and work in peace and contentment."

Now there is no sound of drums, and no one beats the gong. That is, the war has not been finished yet, so let’s wait at home.

This wait takes two or three days. If the family has enough food, the whole family will get together, talk, do needlework, and beat the child.

If the family has no surplus grain, they will curse at home: "When will this battle be finished? Is it still necessary to let people go out? How can I make money if I don't go out? How can I buy grain?"

Or, "Didn't it mean that Ran Jun is very powerful? I think he is also bragging. It's been a few days since I've been in. If I stay at home, I'll get moldy and hairy."

Fortunately, Ran Jun did not disappoint them. After waiting for another two or three days, he finally heard the cheerful drums.

"This is the victory drum, it's so nice."

No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!

The children were eager to try, and the children A said, "Who was the winner? Is it the white horse and silver spear? Ah, I like the white horse and silver spear the most."

Child B: "I like General Zhaoyong, my General Zhaoyong will definitely defeat your General Zhaowu."

Child A: "I don't believe it."

Child B: "If you don't believe me, let's compare."

Child A: "Just compare."

So the two took out their respective crickets and competed.

The adults at home did not have this leisure and leisure. They pressed their ears to the door and listened to the movements outside calmly.

I don’t know how long it took, but finally the sound of gongs came from outside. Someone pulled his neck and shouted in a bad local accent: “Ran’s army will enter the city, the people will have no worries, live and work in peace and prosperity.”

"Hey, it's different from the one written in the comic strip, there are eight more words."

"What do you care about so much, I'll ask you, can you go out now?"

"Wait a little longer, no one has gone out in the alley. When someone goes out, our family will go out again."

Others also had the same idea, but at most half an hour or half an hour later, the people walked out of the house one after another.

First, he looked around nervously, then walked onto the street with courage and saw the patrolling Ran Jun facing him. He hurriedly hid behind the big tree. However, the patrolling Ran Jun still saw them, nodded at them, and then came from front of them. After walking, there was no shouting for fighting and killing, and there was no asking them to go home to get money and rice.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, as if they suddenly found someone around them, whether they knew each other or not, they greeted each other.

"Go out for a walk?"

"There is no rice at home, go to the rice shop to check it out."

"Have the rice spread out?"

"It should be opened. I just saw that the guy from the Wang family rice shop had already gone to work."

"Ah, then I'll buy rice too. My family doesn't have much rice anymore. You don't know how much the little boys in my house can eat it."

The same situation also happened in various counties under Huai'an Prefecture. Even Feng Zan, who has been through many battles, couldn't help but give a thumbs up: "Who do you know the painting Feng Yamin? Next time you go to the capital, I will point it to me quietly Look, this is too amazing. When her brush moves, the hearts of the people are calmed down."

Just as the people did not flee in all directions, they saved a lot of effort from the generals who led their troops to fight. Just now, as soon as the notice of the hired husband was posted, a bunch of people immediately attracted, all of whom were patting their chests and saying that they were Good health and strong work.

Feng Zan remembered that when he was in Hejian Mansion, he wanted to find civil servants to work hard, and he had to use a knife to arrest people. Otherwise, when he saw the soldiers, he would have been frightened to escape.

The battle reports were sent to Xuzhou one after another, and He Ran sat in the temporary administrative office changed to the state yamen, reading these battle reports one by one.

Suddenly, her attention was attracted by one of them.

This is not a war report, but Zhang Shigong's letter.

Just seven days after Zhang Shigong's last letter, Zhang Shigong wrote another letter.

Zhang Shigong only had one letter more than a month ago.

He Ran quickly picked out Zhang Shigong's letter.

Zhang Shigong told He Ran in the letter that Zhou Cangyue had returned and brought back a young man, who was eighteen or nineteen years old, with a medium appearance and quiet temperament. He was obviously a scholar.

Although he was sent by He Ran, Zhou Cangyue had never been on guard against him before and often invited him to discuss military affairs. However, after Zhou Cangyue came back this time, he did not invite him over as usual. He took the initiative to go. Zhou Cangyue He also sent him away in a few words.

The young man brought back by Zhou Cangyue, Zhang Shigong asked indirectly about the white dog, but could not find out anything. Obviously, Zhou Cangyue continued to explain and prevent the white dog from leaking it.

He Ran was stunned again. Zhou Cangyue was missing for many days. When he came back, he brought back a boy?

That boy is still a scholar?

Who is it?

Could it be the third son of Jing?

Zhou Cangyue went to Jinling and kidnapped Jing Laosan?

However, according to the information sent by Xiu Gu, Duke Ding has been looking for Jing Laosan, but so far, there has been no whereabouts of Jing Laosan, and no one has used this to propose conditions to Duke Ding.

He Ran closed her eyes. If she were Zhou Cangyue and she kidnapped Jing Laosan, what would she do?

What else can it be? Of course, I took the opportunity to order something, either it was the head of Duke Ding or the head of the emperor. In short, I must have a head replaced.

The so-called replacement of the head is of course not a real change, but a use of Jing Lao San to set up a trap to make the Duke Ding submit, and then achieve the goal of changing the head.

No, it is not enough to be a third brother in Jing. It is quite difficult to exchange for the Duke of Ding or the emperor’s head, but it is enough to muddle the entire Jinling water.

He Ran slapped the table, which scared Xiao Ba who was dozing, and flew up with his wings: "It's an earthquake, it's an earthquake!"

He Ran

He Ran exhaled. If she had Jing Laosan in her hands now, she would not have acted rashly. After all, she had just captured Fengyang Mansion and Huai'an Mansion now, and the huge Jiangnan was not hers.

A mere third son of Jing is not enough to make her challenge to Duke Dingguo.

Therefore, it is understandable that Zhou Cangyue hid Jing Laosan quietly.