Duan Da could not reply to Feng Deyi. He only had a letter of help from Gaoyang Palace Supervisor Xu Hua, and knew nothing else. Although judging from the only information, there were many mysteries behind this matter, but what kind of mystery it was, we still need to learn more information from Gaoyang before we can make more detailed inferences.

Seeing Duan Da’s expression awkward and hesitating, Feng Deyi realized that he was too anxious, so he eased his tone and asked again, “What are your speculations about the situation in Gaoyang?”

It is speculated that this kind of thing is purely a fantasy and cannot be done accurately. If it is not done well, it will be a disaster. If the two parties have a close relationship, they can chat in private, but Duan Da and Feng Deyi are not "one of the same people" at all. They have to think about it repeatedly every time they say something, fearing that they will be worthy of the people, let alone random guesses, which is equivalent to causing trouble.

However, since Duan Da used Xu Hua's letter of help to report to the Holy Lord before there was no evidence to prove that Gao Yang had an emergency, it showed that Duan Da had some speculations about this matter, and it was probably not far from the facts. Otherwise, Duan Da would try every means to delay this matter and would definitely not come to see the Holy Lord at the risk of being scolded by the Holy Lord.

This is why Feng Deyi took the initiative to meet Duan Da. He was sure that Duan Da must have known some secrets. Duan Da did not say these secrets because of some concern when he met the Holy Lord alone. Now something happened to Gao Yang may be related to the secret he deliberately concealed. So Duan Da was anxious and worried that after the truth about Gao Yang's affairs was revealed, the Holy Lord would take his anger on him. In desperation, he had to try all his ways to meet the Holy Lord again.

Duan Da remained silent.

Feng Deyi frowned and looked dissatisfied, "Mr. Xiangyuan, since you have found a way to deliver this urgent message to someone, of course you want to meet the Holy Lord as quickly as possible. But the problem now is that if someone helps you to send this urgent message with unknown content and insufficient evidence to the Holy Lord, you must bypass the two chiefs of the Inner History Province. For this reason, not only will you offend them, but you will also have to bear all the adverse consequences brought by this urgent message, and this adverse consequences may not be able to bear. Therefore, since you think that someone is worthy of entrusting and can help you, you must tell some secrets that you can tell so that someone can help you with confidence and boldness. Otherwise, someone will have to speculate on your true intention with the greatest malicious intention, and then someone will launch a fierce counterattack based on this."

Feng Deyi was angry and threatened. How dare you plot against someone's head? You dare to touch the tiger's butt, you are looking for death!

Duan Da was shocked and shook his hand repeatedly, "Mr. Jing misunderstood. Someone has no malice. Someone makes it difficult for Mr. Jing to do it. I'm sorry."

Feng Deyi's overreaction was greatly out of Duan Da's expectations, and at the same time made Duan Da realize that his previous thoughts were simple. Feng Deyi could not have affected the interests of the Feng family because of this incident. The interests of Hejian and even Hebei people would have unconditional assistance. On the contrary, because the two sides belonged to the two opposing political groups of Guanlong and Shandong, Feng Deyi was always highly wary of himself. The first thing he thought of was political conspiracy, fearing that he would set up a trap and frame him. Besides, Xu Hua, the governor of Gaoyang Palace, was from Jiangzuo, and he belonged to Jiangzuo political group with Yu Shiji, the assistant minister of the Inner History. According to reason, Duan Da should seek help from Datianting, the Jiangzuo faction of the Inner History Province, and should not seek the help of Feng Deyi from Hebei people. Therefore, Feng Deyi naturally suspected that Duan Da had other plans.

Feng Deyi looked ugly and looked at him with anger.

Duan Da made a decision immediately after weighing the pros and cons. At this point, he could only try every means to win Feng Deyi's trust. As for the Jiangzuo people, he didn't even dare to think about it, because the shadow of the Jiangzuo people was behind the scenes of the Jiangzuo people.

"On July 13th, the King of Qi led his army to leave Liyang, and in the name of suppressing the bandits, he went north along the Yongji Canal, and killed the rebels in Wuyang, Qinghe and Pingyuan counties."

Duan Da finally spoke, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he was King Qi, which made Feng Deyi secretly nervous. Yang Xuangan had already brought him great disasters, and King Qi was an untouchable political disaster star. Feng Deyi could not imagine the terrible consequences of being involved in the dispute over imperial rule.

Feng Deyi nodded slightly at Duan Da, signaling him to know about this and ask Duan Da to continue.

"On July 13th, the General of the Right Guard, the Chief of the Navy, and Duke Rong came to Hu'er to take over Liyang and set up the Grand Canal of the North and South under the protection of the Navy."

Feng Deyi seemed to have some understanding. He also knew about this and guessed that there might be any political exchange between King Qi and Lai Hu'er, otherwise King Qi would definitely not give up control of the Grand Canal. Of course, Lai Hu'er was deeply trusted by the Holy Lord. Even if there was any political exchange, Lai Hu'er would not hide the Holy Lord.

"In mid-June, the white-haired thieves who plundered Tongji Canal in a chaotic situation, and suddenly crossed the river north before the King of Qi captured Liyang, and was said to have fled into the Taihang Mountains."

As soon as these words were spoken, Feng Deyi's face immediately changed, and a trace of brightness flashed through his eyes without any notice.

The rumors that the King of Qi maintains a tacit understanding with the white-haired thieves and raises the enemy first have long been rampant, but in the eyes of the Holy Lord and the senior central leadership, the white-haired thieves are just a group of mobs. Even if the King of Qi raises the enemy first, it is difficult to achieve great things, which is not worth worrying. Besides, the King of Qi is the target of public criticism in politics. There are too many people who deliberately frame it. The more rumors are, the more unreliable it is. However, there is no wind or wave, so it is better to believe that it has it than to not. It is always a good thing to prevent problems before it happens. Therefore, the "linkage" between the King of Qi and the senior central leadership is still more concerned about.

Facts have proved that during this Dongdu Storm, the King of Qi was still ambitious. There was also some kind of "tactic understanding" between the white-haired thief and the King of Qi. However, the situation changed too quickly. The King of Qi stopped and suddenly gave up. The white-haired thief disappeared without a trace. The central high-level officials were indifferent to this, and did not care about the King of Qi and the white-haired thief at all. The strength of the two was too weak, especially the white-haired thief, who was like an ant, and they were crushed by raising their feet.

However, Duan Da suddenly mentioned the white-haired thief, which made Feng Deyi suddenly have some unknown association. Perhaps this white-haired thief was not as unbearable as he imagined, and the King of Qi would not sit still and wait for death, and perhaps he had some new means of survival.

"In the middle of this month, I received some fragmentary news from Wu'an, Xiangguo and Zhaojun, saying that the Taihang thieves were frequent and there were signs of going north. At first, I didn't care. It was not until something happened in Gaoyang that Xu Hua said that the thieves came from west of Fengshui and from Boling. I realized that the previous fragmentary news from Taihang thieves heading north was not only true, but also premeditated."

Feng Deyi's expression suddenly became "wonderful", and a feeling of joy in his heart involuntarily flowed out. Perhaps, the secret revealed by Duan Da will become an important opportunity to save his political life.

Duan Da’s last sentence is profound and gives people rich associations, but to put it bluntly, he suspected that the white-haired thief attacking Gaoyang Palace was a white-haired thief, and the pusher behind it was Hebei. It was precisely because of the "protection" of Hebei people that the white-haired thief hidden himself and quietly captured Gaoyang Palace. When the Holy Lord and the Palace had just arrived in Zhuo County, he gave the Holy Lord and the Central Committee a heavy slap.

However, Duan Da did not have any evidence and did not dare to offend Hebei's wealthy families at any rate, and publicly accused the people of Hebei of ulterior motives, so he only used the word "premeditation", but these two words were enough and serious enough that Feng Deyi could make countless speculations.

Duan Da stopped talking and closed his mouth. He said everything he could say. Although except for the seemingly insignificant information revealed in the end, the other information was not secrets to Feng Deyi, and they were all known to the center, the key was that Duan Da "cleverly" connected them together, and the various deductions produced after they were connected together contained unknown secrets. As for what kind of secrets, it was different from the person and the wise man's opinion, and it all depends on the wisdom of the deducer.

The King of Qi went north? The white-haired thieves went north? The political exchange between Hu'er and the King of Qi? The people of Hebei planned to help hide the white-haired thieves? Attack the Gaoyang Palace? A targeted "strike" the Holy Lord and the Central?

Feng Deyi sat in the position of an important leader of the central government's highest decision-making body for eighteen years. From the late emperor to the holy lord, he went through storms but did not fall. What is this? In the officialdom, it is a god-like existence. It is conceivable that his political wisdom, rich political experience, and extraordinary political skills are.

In an instant, Feng Deyi sorted out a clear context. The "Branch" is the King of Qi fighting for the crown. The "support" is the strategy of fighting for the crown. There are only two things. One is to face the lord and overthrow the lord, and the other is to surrender to the lord and win the trust of the lord again. The latter is obviously very operational. Then there is the "branch", which is the specific operation method, which is to formulate and implement strategies based on "the right time, time, place, and people". The current situation in the Eastern Capital is completely unfavorable to the King of Qi, but the tension between the north and the south and the foreseeable war between the north and the south that may break out at any time are very beneficial to the King of Qi. Of course, the premise is that the King of Qi must have the intention to take the initiative to guard the border and exile himself, otherwise everything will be empty talk.

If the King of Qi was willing to exile himself politically and was willing to give up the immediate political interests in exchange for the opportunity to go north to guard the border and make achievements, then the King of Qi went north and the white-haired thieves went north to Hu'er and the King of Qi, the people of Hebei had planned to help hide the white-haired thieves, and they could find a reason to stand the scrutiny. The white-haired thieves attacked Gaoyang Palace just to find a reason for the King of Qi to go north to suppress the thieves and guard the border north. This move seemed very naive, but very practical.

So, what is the attitude if the Holy Lord and the Central Master have learned about the new strategy of King Qi’s battle for the crown prince?

Now the Holy Lord and the Central Committee are in a deep trouble, and internal and external troubles break out, and they are both enemies from both sides and are in a hurry. They don’t care about the small "conspiracy" of the King of Qi to fight for the crown prince. On the contrary, from the current trend of China and foreign countries, especially the rapidly deteriorating relationship between the north and the south, it is a good thing for the King of Qi to go north to guard the border. Together, the forces that can unite and work together to the outside world can help the Lord and the Central Committee to a certain extent. The Holy Lord and the Central Committee should be happy to see the achievements of this and have a positive attitude.

What the Holy Lord wants to do most now is to launch the third Eastern Expedition. What he needs most is to ease the relationship between the North and the South and postpone the North and the South War. Of course, if the North and the South War breaks out, then he must win this war. No matter what, he cannot lose anymore and cannot afford to lose.

Thinking about what the Holy Lord thinks, being anxious about what the Holy Lord wants, and being in the holy Lord likes, this is Feng Deyi’s self-salvation strategy, and now he has discovered an important opportunity to achieve this goal in a very timely manner.

Of course, this deduction may be wrong, but Feng Deyi doesn't care about right or wrong at all. What King Qi thinks has nothing to do with him. He just needs to find ways to influence or even convince the Holy Lord and the Central Master, and let the King of Qi follow his ideas.

He saved himself, not King Qi.

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