Chapter 148: Death due to sudden illness

Seeing his princess, the guard leader felt a little calmer. He knew that the other party was also a trustworthy person, and he clasped his fists and said:

"We have been preparing for what Lord Li wants for a few months, and finally we have prepared most of the things we have hurriedly taken over by boat. I'm sorry."

Li Meng nodded with a smile and replied:

"I guess His Highness, King Zhou, is also in a hurry to see his daughter. My parents' heart can be understood."

When several heads of the royal guards heard Li Meng say this, their faces changed a little. They looked at each other a few times, as if they were shirking each other. Finally, the man standing in front gritted his teeth and said:

"There is also a bad news to tell Lord Li that the princess of our palace, Zhu Yunyao, died of illness before the New Year."

After saying this, Li Meng was stunned for a moment before he could react. Although he knew that this was nonsense, he still couldn't help but look back. Zhu Yunyao, who was standing behind him, was still alive. The girl, who was originally sad, was now wide with her already big eyes open and looked at the guards foolishly.

I guess the words these guards themselves felt that they were too absurd. The first guard laughed a little, but suddenly thought of the death of the princess of the palace. It was too inappropriate for him to laugh so hard. He stopped talking embarrassedly, he hesitated, bent down and pulled out a letter from the other side of the boot, and spoke:

"Your Highness of the Princess's death has been reported to the clan's mansion, and this letter was handed to the villain by the general manager, and asked the villain to give it to Lord Li when he met."

The relatives of the royal family in the near branch must report to the Zongren Mansion for filing and filing. The Zongren Mansion is an institution used by the Ming Dynasty to manage the royal family. There is a very strict system in operation. The vassal princes and nobles in various places are under his jurisdiction. These vassal princes and nobles are afraid of abnormalities and are unwilling to deal with any kind of dealings. When there is news, they are also cautious. Since the Zhou royal family reported the "report of the princess' death" to the death, it is a foregone conclusion. Even if they are alive, they will be considered dead.

Li Meng took the letter in wonder, tore open the envelope, but found that there was a note inside, and the words on it were not a word, as if it was a meaningless random combination.

When he was confused, the guards all took out the same letter from their boots. This one said, "It was given by a certain eunuch, and said it was the prince's secret letter, and it should not be leaked." The other said, "It was given by an official of a certain royal palace, and it should be said that it was a secret letter." Everyone has their own words. The people who gave them secret letters were different, but they all said that they were to be handed over to Li Meng, and they all said that it was the prince's secret letter.

Such complexity is just a bit more confused. Li Meng tore open the envelopes one by one and found that there are notes of the same size and length inside. Some of them are only one, and some of them are all meaningless Chinese characters. Several heads of the royal palace guards looked at each other and took a few steps back in a sympathetic manner. This must be a secret letter. His family and relatives are still locked in the royal palace. He pretended not to know some things, and the farther away the better.

Zhu Yunyao, who was standing behind, had his eyes shiny and he said softly:

"Brother Li, I know what's going on. Give me these notes."

Li Meng also knew that this was a password letter, but how to interpret it, he had no idea and handed it to the girl directly. Zhu Yunyao ran into the house quickly. Li Meng was interested in this and followed it directly to watch. The people behind him were all tactfully staying outside.

After watching Zhu Yunyao read these long strips of paper, he arranged them horizontally and then woven the bamboo baskets in a crisscrossing manner. Some of the characters were covered by the strips on it, but these strips formed a large rectangular piece of paper.

Zhu Yunyao looked roughly at the contents of the letter. Li Meng could even feel that the girl's gray face had suddenly lit up since she woke up in the morning, and her bright eyes were instantly filled with tears.

However, the girl didn't say much and handed the letter to Li Meng. The notes were intertwined, and the meaningless Chinese characters were combined into meaningful words.

The letter is all in plain language, and what it says is really beyond Li Meng's expectations. It is said that in the past two or three years, the Zhou royal family has seen the rioters passing by the Kaifeng city repeatedly, and the scale is larger and larger. Although these rioters do not have the ability to break the city, they are becoming more and more dangerous.

God knows when this city was also breached like Fengyang. After the city was broken, the common people were fine, but the children of the vassal princes, royal relatives and nobles would not have any good results at all. Those officials and generals could still be defeated and fled, but the royal palace could not leave the city for a single step, and could only die with the city.

Rather, since Zhu Yunyao has already come outside, why bother to go back? A maid from Zhu Yunyao died of an emergency and was directly reported to the clan's mansion as a princess. Finally, she said that the mansion is a cage, and there may not be a commoner's family. Since you have come out, it is your blessing. The guards said, "That proofreader is good, so stay there with peace of mind."

When Li Meng was reading the letter, the girl kept following her. The letter was not in the same direction because of the note. Based on Li Meng's familiarity with traditional Chinese characters, the speed of reading the letter was very slow. Zhu Yunyao was obviously familiar with this process and read it quickly.

Maybe the girl felt her parents' affection for her at this time, maybe because she didn't have to go back to the Zhou royal palace and could stay with Li Meng, and maybe there were other reasons.

The girl could no longer control her emotions. She covered her mouth and sobbed softly, and couldn't help but cry. Li Meng smiled bitterly at the letter, thinking that the other party was too clean and neat, and she killed two birds with one stone. On the one hand, it completely cut off the dangerous factors, and on the other hand, it was to send her daughter to a safe place.

Li Meng did not think that the Zhou royal palace was noble. The saltpeter gunpowder, horse armor, fine armor, and muskets he wanted were really dangerous and sensitive. If he was not careful, he would easily cause trouble. What's more, he followed the clues and followed the clues and ran to Denglai. It would be better to just be more straightforward and report that his daughter died of illness and was over.

Of course, there may be some family affection in it, just maybe. At least the real situation is this. Zhu Yunyao may not be able to compare with the royal family's wealth and food, but it is also the food, clothing and expenses of a top-notch family, and it is extremely free, basically no matter what is worrying about safety. This is indeed the girl's luck.

Li Meng put down the letter, let out a long breath, and turned around and was about to talk to the girl, but Zhu Yunyao cheered, hugged him tightly, buried his head in his arms, his shoulders thrust, and made a muffled crying sound. The so-called crying with joy was like this, but Li Meng shook his head and patted the girl's back to express comfort.

When he walked out of the house, Li Meng was alone. Several guard leaders did not seem to be surprised by this result. The leader took a step forward and asked respectfully:

"Mr. Li, is the lady in the house willing to follow her back to Kaifeng Mansion?"

Li Meng shook his head, and the guard leader breathed a sigh of relief, bowed and said:

"Please arrange a few big trucks and staff and follow the little people to the ferry. There are still some things on the boat that have not been transported, which is also a little bit of the wish of the royal palace."

I guess what I was talking about was the heavily guarded ship. Li Meng called a soldier to follow them to arrange it. Seeing the guards walking out of the yard, Li Meng felt a little cool in his chest. He looked down and couldn't help but smile bitterly. Just now, when Zhu Yunyao was crying on his chest, tears wet his clothes.

When the person walked out, the yard suddenly became quiet. Li Meng suddenly thought of a possibility that the princess had already reported to have died of serious illness in the Zhou royal palace. If he sent the person back, what would they do? Is it possible that he would sink directly into the river halfway to prevent future troubles?

Li Meng was too lazy to go deeper into this idea because it was indeed too heartbreaking. However, the pre-arrangement of the royal palace, the relief of the guard leader, and the princess crying with joy all seemed to confirm something. Wurong was in the imperial family, and it was true.

Feng Meng Town is a little big place, and it doesn't take too long to come to the ferry here. Soon, the personal soldiers brought a few carriages back to the yard. The personal soldiers looked a little nervous. As soon as they entered the yard, they ran towards Li Meng first and whispered a few words in Li Meng's ear.

Li Meng nodded, and the personal soldier ran out hurriedly. After a while, a team of infantry and thirty horses drove out of the barracks and marched towards the yard. After approaching the yard, he quickly spread around and protected the place.

The guards in the royal palace in the yard all looked panicked and didn't know what happened. The guard leader exchanged glances with Li Meng. Seeing Li Meng nodding, he settled down and drove all the guards in the yard out, leaving a few leaders behind.

Five large wooden boxes were placed on the ground, with fire paint seals on them. After several leaders came forward to check carefully, they took out the keys and handed them over to the other party.

It seems that the boxes each of them is responsible for are different. I believe that there are any methods for King Zhou’s mansion to restrain each other. Li Meng didn’t care. To be precise, everyone in the yard didn’t care about anything. Everyone’s eyes were staring at the opened boxes - golden light and jewel-like spirit.
Chapter completed!