after being kidnapped by the general

Emperor Jianyuan is going to die?

Yuan Li suddenly realized, "No wonder..."

No wonder Cai Ji transported his belongings and property out in such a hurry. It turned out that he also knew that Emperor Jianyuan was going to die.

When Emperor Jianyuan died, the world would be in chaos. He was afraid that they would retaliate against him for what he had done before.

Yuan Li said to Chu Hechao, "Cai Ji is about to run away."

Chu Hechao said indifferently: "Run and run, you're just a moth, there is no difference between him and him."

Yuan Li nodded, "He's gone, and I can logically arrange for a new governor of Guangyang County."

After speaking, he became thoughtful.

Chu Hechao pinched his face, "What are you thinking?"

"I was thinking about what you and my parents should do." Yuan Li said vaguely, and clapped his hand.

His parents are in Ruyang County, one day away from Luoyang.If there is a mutiny in Luoyang or something major happens, his parents still have time to prepare.But Chu Wang and his wife are in Luoyang. Chu Hechao is standing in Youzhou, northern Xinjiang with an army of 13. No matter who the new leader is, they will not let Chu Wang and his wife leave easily. The couple came to contain Chu Hechao.

Yuan Li was a little worried about the King of Chu and the Yang family, but seeing how calm Chu Hechao was still drinking with others, he also guessed that the King of Chu should have given him a message.

Sure enough, Chu Hechao said indifferently: "They will leave Luoyang before the emperor leaves, and come to Youzhou with your parents."

Yuan Li was surprised: "Are my parents also coming?"

"That's right," Chu Hechao pinched the back of his neck, "You are far away in Youzhou, and you have made a lot of contributions. Once the world is in chaos, there is no guarantee that someone will hold your parents hostage to threaten you. The family and the Chu family are already on the same rope, once my parents escape, there is no guarantee that your parents will not be implicated."

Yuan Li nodded thoughtfully, and sighed, "I'm afraid Father won't come over."

Ruyang County is equivalent to their base camp, and Yuan Song has spent countless efforts. I am afraid that Yuan Song will come only when the troubled times are really going to affect Ruyang.

I hope his parents can be persuaded to come to Youzhou.Just in case, he should also send a letter to his family tomorrow.

Chu Hechao pinched the back of his neck again, and told him the situation in Luoyang.

After Emperor Jianyuan became seriously ill, Li Li, his relative, and the eunuchs in the Empress Dowager's Mansion were eager to move, and had many disputes with each other. They all wanted to support the puppet prince to compete for imperial power after Emperor Jianyuan died.

Emperor Jianyuan had a weak relationship with his children, and there were only three princes under his knees. The eldest prince was already 23 years old, and he should have been the best candidate to succeed him. However, when Emperor Jianyuan was seriously ill, the eldest prince passed away one step earlier.

It was said to the public that he died of illness, but in the end they all knew what was going on, but they didn't know whether the death of the eldest prince was the method of his relatives or the eunuch.One of the remaining two princes was just twelve years old, and the other was only seven years old. How could they survive the stormy North Zhou.

They will eventually become shields in the political competition between relatives and eunuchs.

After hearing this, Yuan Li couldn't help becoming a little depressed, and stopped talking in silence.

Chu Hechao noticed his abnormality and asked, "What's wrong?"

Yuanli still didn't speak.

Chu Hechao forcefully raised his chin, "Squeak."

Yuan Li said slowly: "I feel a little uncomfortable."

Chu Hechao frowned, and suddenly stretched out his arms, hugging the young man on his body and lying on his stomach, coaxing, "If you feel uncomfortable, just kiss me."

Yuanli: "..."

Chu Hechao hissed, "Why are you pinching me again?"

Yuanli didn't bother to talk to him.

The man rubbed Yuanli's back with his hand again and again, with a lazy and satisfied voice, "Tell me, how uncomfortable it is."

"Patriarch Taigong..." Yuan Li buried his face in Chu Hechao's neck, his voice was dull, "He didn't have to die."

If he had known that Emperor Jianyuan would die of illness this year, if he had known...if he had known...

But no one can know in advance.

When he knew that the patriarch Taigong was going to die because of him and the family, Yuanli only felt heavy and depressed, and he couldn't cry.But now, his eyes were wet, which stained a piece of clothing on Chu Hechao's shoulders.

Obviously you don't have to die.

The most uncomfortable thing for a person is not the death that is heavier than Mount Tai, but the fact that he has sacrificed for the family, but finds that his death is as light as a feather.

Chu Hechao felt Yuanli's silent tears. He touched the back of Yuanli's head and forehead with his rough fingers, and wiped away Yuanli's tears little by little.

"Don't cry," he kissed Yuanli's hair, "It hurts my heart to cry."

It's really hurting, throbbing.

Under his comfort, Yuanli couldn't stop crying even more.He buried his head and couldn't get up, wrapping his hands around the man.

After a while, the man sighed, his voice was low and gentle, "When I return to Ruyang later, I will accompany you to pay homage to the patriarch's grandfather's grave, okay?"

Yuanli had already collected his emotions, and fell into the embarrassing stage after the emotional collapse.He felt the wetness of the clothes under his face, his face was hot, and he nodded silently.

Chu Hechao said, "Good boy."

Yuan Li trembled: "...Aren't you too numb?"

Ma criminal is a nasty term in this era.

Chu Hechao's face was red and his ears were red with embarrassment, "Can't I have a few words with my wife?"

Seeing that he was about to turn into anger from embarrassment, Yuan Li said yes, yes, and wiped his tears on him.

Chu Hechao glanced at him from the corner of his eye, and said with disgust, "Why did you rub your nose against me?"

Yuan Li said seriously: "I don't have a runny nose."

Chu Hechao said perfunctorily: "Well, if you say there is no, then there is no, and the snot is all from me."

Yuan Li's hands were itchy again, "It wasn't there in the first place."

Chu Hechao lowered his face and kissed him, "It's okay, I like it even if my nose is runny."

Yuanli: "..."

He was so angry that he kicked Chu Hechao off the bed.

The next day, Yuanli called Liu Jixin and Zhou Gongdan, two advisers, and told them about Cai Ji's going to flee Youzhou.

Liu Jixin pondered for a moment after hearing the words, and asked, "Does my lord want to let him go, or..."

Yuan Li said without hesitation: "Kill him."

After the alarm bell sounded by Xiao Ce, Yuanli clearly understands that he must not be kind to disasters.

Cai Ji is such a disaster.

Let him escape today, who knows what disasters will be caused by him in the future?

If killing him alone could avoid an uncertain disaster, Yuanli would choose to sacrifice him without hesitation.

"He knows too much about Youzhou," Yuan Li said calmly. "He has been a sheriff in Youzhou for decades, so he knows everything about Youzhou. Not only that, whether it's potatoes, cotton or He will know more or less about the fact that I sent my own soldiers to Yanzhou to suppress the bandits. Even the Thunderbolt Cannon I did and the heavy rain in April, I am not sure how much he will know the truth. If he uses it , will be very bad for us."

Liu Jixin witnessed Yuanli's growth with his own eyes, and the growth rate was faster than he expected.He sighed and felt relieved in his heart, and said with lowered hands: "My lord's intention is what Ji Xin thinks."

Zhou Gongdan also had the same idea, "If possible, it would be better to prevent him from leaving Youzhou alive. But my lord, you must not rush. Although Cai Ji is easy to kill, he still has the Cai family behind him. The Cai family is also well-known. Cai Yi is now the highest official in the main line of the main branch. Among his ancestors, there are also great Confucianists as high as the Sangong. It can be considered that there are countless disciples, and the Cai family also has in-laws with many powerful aristocratic families. In the body. It’s just a county guard who abandoned his official position and fled. If the governor wants to send people to hunt him down, it will be of no benefit to us after all if the news spreads.”

Yuan Li smiled, "Wen Ning is right."

The three of them chatted for a few more words and decided how to kill Cai Ji.

They decided to pretend to let Cai Ji escape, and after Cai Ji escaped from Youzhou, they pretended to be Bai Mizhong or bandits and killed Cai Ji on the way.

On the evening of the second day, when Zhao Ying reported to Yuan Li, he brought the news that Cai Ji was ill.

According to his investigation, the Sheriff's Mansion closed its doors and no longer accepted customers, but the delivery of belongings outside Jixian County has not stopped every night.

Therefore, Yuanli was more sure that Cai Ji wanted to escape. He asked Zhao Ying to send someone to look after Cai Ji, and if he saw Cai Ji leaving Ji County with his family, he would tell him immediately.

Zhao Ying sent people to watch carefully, but for three days in a row, only the belongings kept being shipped out, but Cai Ji himself was always sick and never left the house.

Three days later, Yuan Li felt that something was wrong. He told Chu Hechao that the two of them went directly to the county guard's mansion with their own soldiers to "visit" Cai Ji, but after breaking in, they were surprised to find that Cai Ji had Already fled.

There are only some servants and female relatives left in the mansion.

It was only after the interrogation that Cai Ji got the news when Guan Zhihuai first entered Ji County.He guessed that Chu Hechao and Yuanli might also have received bad news from the emperor, so they decided to leave Jixian early that night, let the servants claim that they were sick, and continued to transport property outside Jixian, pretending to be still in Jixian.

Cai Ji has been a sheriff in Youzhou for decades, and the spies lurking in Youzhou should not be underestimated. He is not an idiot who will risk his life for money, and he knows that life is everything, so after sensing the danger, he He decisively abandoned the remaining family property and the family members he did not take away, and fled for his life.

Yuan Li's face was calm, and he sent Wang Er to pursue him.

But he knew in his heart that it had been three days since Cai Ji escaped, and within three days, no matter how fast Wang Er could catch up.I am afraid that Cai Ji has already left the border of Youzhou.

After all, he still underestimated Cai Ji.How can a person who can be a sheriff in the chaotic Youzhou until he is over 50 years old have no means.

After returning, he called the counselors and informed them of the incident.

In the study room, Liu Jixin and Zhou Gongdan were sitting below, their expressions were slightly condensed, and they were both thinking about this matter.

Yuan Li sat at the head, he had already recovered his calm, he didn't have time to worry about how Cai Ji escaped, and he thought about how to remedy it.Yuan Li took a sip of tea and asked the two advisers, "What are your ideas?"

Liu Jixin asked, "My lord, do you know where Cai Ji fled to?"

Yuan Li nodded, "Among the family members he left in Ji County, there are several concubines of his. Cai Ji once told one of them that he would flee to Yizhou and join Wu Shanshi, the governor of Yizhou."

Liu Jixin was slightly startled, "Wu Shanshi, this is not a person who is easy to get along with. This person is a descendant of the Wu family in Runan. He has a reputation for being a magnanimous and courteous corporal outside the world. His reputation is very high, and scholars like to join him. "

Yuanli also heard the name of Wu Shanshi. Wu Shanshi was a great hero. He once publicly made remarks against the eunuch when the eunuch was harming the scholars, and said, "If an eunuch sits with me, it is like a fly that eats it. Cut off the mat and the robe, and never be with them."Because of this, he was resented by the eunuchs and expelled from the central government to the local area, but was chased and supported by the scholars.

He likes to make friends with scholars and heroes, and his contacts are all over the world.The Wu family in Runan is the most wealthy family in the world. If Yuanli is a poor family scholar, then Wu Shanshi is the representative of the family's children. Support and embrace.

Yuan Li exclaimed: "I have heard of his reputation, he is a hero in the world."

"Even so, this person is not without flaws," Zhou Gongdan stood up and said with a smile, "my lord, although Wu Shanshi is tolerant and generous on the surface, he is actually extremely suspicious. Because of his family background and reputation, there are many people who defect to him, and there are countless counselors." This is a good thing, but although he has a plan, he is easy to be right and wrong. Once he encounters a disagreement with his subordinates, he is always hesitant to make up his mind. By the time he can make up his mind, the time to make a decision has passed The best timing. Not only that, this person is very happy about his achievements, and he likes others to boast about his achievements, these are his two weaknesses."

Liu Jixin sighed and said: "But his family background is enough to make up for these shortcomings. The capable ministers and advisers around him will plan everything for him. This man is not small in ambition, and he is indeed a great enemy. Cai Ji brought the news of Youzhou I'm afraid it's not good to go to him."

Zhou Gongdan nodded and said with a slight smile: "Because of this, Gongdan has a clever plan to offer."

Yuanli raised his eyebrows, "Oh?"

Zhou Gongdan bowed deeply to Yuanli, and said loudly: "Gongdan is willing to rush to Yizhou, pretending to defect to Wu Shanshi!"

As soon as these words came out, Yuan Li and Liu Jixin were a little surprised.

"Wen Ning, are you going to pretend to join Wu Shanshi?" Yuan Li quickly put down his teacup with a serious face, "This is not a joke! Once Wu Shanshi finds out, you will die without a place to bury you!"

Seeing Yuanli's first reaction was to care about his safety, Zhou Gongdan couldn't help ironing his heart, he showed a calm smile, "Don't worry, my lord, I have my own plans in mind. Gongdan is just a nobody, no matter how powerful Wu Shanshi is, he can only Having heard of your reputation, where can I notice an unknown counselor beside you?"

Liu Jixin thought about it carefully, and thought it was okay, but he was a little worried, and said with a frown, "Then maybe Cai Ji also knows you."

Zhou Gongdan laughed and joked: "Brother Changyue is too worried, then Cai Ji can go to Wu Shanshi, but I am a poor boy who has only come to go to my lord for a month, why can't I go to Wu Shanshi?"

After finishing speaking, he changed his voice, "If Cai Ji really knows me, it will save me a lot of trouble. If Wu Shanshi knows that I am from the lord's side, whether he doubts me or is proud of being able to subdue the talents around the lord, he will pay more attention to me." Pay attention. As long as I can be good, I will soon be able to stand out from Wu Shanshi's group of counselors and gain his trust."

Liu Jixin's eyes lit up, thinking that this idea is very good.But then I thought about how Duke Zhou came and went without a trace, and even had no family members by Yuanli's side. What if he really did a fake show and really defected to Wu Shanshi?

Zhou Gongdan knew more and more details than Cai Ji.

Thinking of this, he looked carefully at Zhou Gongdan, and kept silent.

No matter what Liu Jixin does, he always puts safety first, takes every step and sees ten steps, and does not leave a trace of danger lurking around him.Although Zhou Gongdan's idea is good, it is too prone to accidents.

Yuan Li was straightforward, he got up and walked down and held Zhou Gongdan's arm, and said sincerely: "Since Wen Ning said so, then I will entrust this matter to you, Wen Ning, you must be careful when you go, no matter what Whether you succeed or not, your life is the most important thing, I look forward to the day when you come back soon."

Seeing Yuanli, Zhou Gongdan trusted him without hesitation, and felt a lot in his heart, and felt that he had chosen the right lord, so he bowed again: "Please rest assured, my lord, Gongdan will live up to his trust!"

Yuanli patted him on the shoulder.

Zhou Gongdan said again: "I am going this time, and I also ask the Lord to give me two things."

Yuan Li said: "You say."

"One is potatoes that cannot be grown, and the other is a small box of cotton." Zhou Gongdan smiled, "Only these two things, no matter what Cai Ji says, I can make Wu Shanshi trust me."

Yuan Li immediately said: "Okay, I will send someone to prepare these two things for you."

Zhou Gongdan looked deeply at Yuanli, lifted his robe again and knelt down, "Please don't worry, my lord, if I commit any act of treachery, then I will vomit blood and die without a place to die."

Yuan Li helped him up, frowned and reprimanded softly: "What are you talking about. Since I believe you, I naturally won't doubt you. Wen Ning, go ahead, regardless of whether this matter can be accomplished or not, I just hope you come back safely .”

Zhou Gongdan took a deep breath, "Yes."

After he left, Liu Jixin was a little worried and said: "Master, if Zhou Gongdan really surrendered to Wu Shanshi, then..."

Yuan Li shook his head, watching Zhou Gongdan's figure gradually go away, "Chang Yue, I know what you are going to say. But I also know the principle of not being suspicious, but not being suspicious when employing people. I still have this measure, if I really misjudged the person, and I am not afraid of the result of failure."

Among the heroes and heroes in history, which ones are small-minded people, and which ones have not experienced failure?

Sending Zhou Gongdan to Yizhou has a [-]% success rate.Since there is [-]%, Yuanli dares to take a gamble.

At worst, the failure is just to send some news for Wu Shanshi. After sending these news, he can see a hidden cancer around him. From Yuan Li's point of view, this is a profitable thing.

Seeing him like this, Liu Jixin was stunned for a moment. Compared with Yuanli, he felt that he was a few years older than himself. He shook his head with a smile, and exhaled a dirty breath: "My lord's demeanor makes me admire."

Yuanli laughed.

In the next two days, in order to prevent accidents from happening after a long time, Duke Zhou packed his bags in a hurry.In the early morning of this day, he bid farewell to Yuanli and the others with his baggage, and rushed to Yizhou with his troops.

Yuan Li, Liu Jixin and others watched his back gradually disappear into the white mist.

Liu Jixin's heart was complicated, he sighed softly, and thought in his heart, Zhou Gongdan, I hope you will never disappoint the trust of the lord.