Chapter 9: Disembarkation at the critical moment

The four cities in Youzhou have closed down, and teams of soldiers are running on the street, knocking and questioning from door to door. All the inn guests have to go to the county government to register, and the guests in brothels and restaurants are also questioned one by one. In Youzhou City

Luan was in a ball, and the whole city was shrouded in a tense atmosphere.

Several men who had just entered the city looked at Hunluan in Youzhou City in surprise, and the young man led the commander said, "Go and ask, what happened?"

A follower ran to ask and came back for a moment to report, "Young Master, it was said that the new general manager was assassinated!"

"Yang Yuanqing was assassinated!"

The young man asked in surprise and joy, "But was he stabbed to death?"

"It seems that the assassination failed."

The man's eyes showed disappointment, shook his head regretfully, and continued to move forward. At this time, several soldiers stopped them, "Stop! Who are you?"

"We are from the capital."

The young man raised his head arrogantly and said, "I am here to find you, Changshi Zhao, I am his distinguished guest!"

In the military camp, Zhao Yuanqi paced back and forth in the tent with his hands behind his back. He stopped and sighed: "Everyone said that Yang Yuanqing is good at seizing the fighter. Today I have seen it. An assassination became an excuse for him to move into the military camp. He is brilliant! Sure enough,

clever!"

Han Chi next to him asked, "Empress, is the assassin today..."

"Do you think the assassin was sent by me?"

Zhao Yuanqi glared at him fiercely, "I see you are so confused!"

Han Chi lowered his head, his eyes became worried, and said for a while: "Eunuch, is this a means by Yang Yuanqing to seize our military power?"

"I'm just worried about this!"

Zhao Yuanqi sighed and said, "It seems that his first target is indeed the two thousand troops directly under the General Administration."

"Sir, then how should we deal with it?" Han Chi said anxiously.

Zhao Yuanzhang pondered for a moment and said, "You don't have to worry too much. After all, he is the general manager and cannot replace you. The key is that you must be careful and not be caught by him. He just came to Youzhou. If you have not made any mistakes, he will do it.

It’s not easy to touch you, otherwise he will be unable to convince the public.”

"Shi Shi, I understand."

At this time, a report came from outside the tent: "Shi Zhao, someone from the mansion came to say that there was an urgent matter at home."

"I see."

Zhao Yuanqi knew why his family was looking for him, so he said to Han Chi: "I'll go back first. In short, remember what I said, be careful and don't get caught by him."

"I understand!"

Zhao Yuanqi had something to do, so he hurriedly left. Han Chi sat in the big tent and stared at the top of the tent. He could not understand why Yang Yuanqing wanted to seize his military power. Didn’t the emperor tell him?

Han Chi walked to the table and sat down. After a moment of sinking, he took out a piece of paper and wrote a letter. He folded the letters and called a confidant and told him, "Go to the capital immediately and put this in."

I sent a letter to Eunuch Li and asked him to pass it to the emperor."

His confidant put the letter in his arms, gave a tribute and left in a hurry. Han Chi looked at his confidant and walked away, sighing deeply. He felt like he was a cunning rabbit died and a lackey was cooked.

Zhao Yuanqi's mansion was not far away. He hurried back to the mansion. As soon as he entered the mansion, his son Zhao Xing stepped forward and said, "Father, someone is coming from the capital."

"I know, where are the people?"

"Waiting in my father's study outside."

Zhao Xing said a few words to Zhao Yuanxi. Zhao Yuanxi was shocked and sent the third son. Is the matter so serious?

He hurried to the study outside and walked into the room. He saw a man sitting at the table drinking tea with his back to him. Zhao Yuanxiu apologized: "Sorry, I have made the third young master wait for a long time."

The visitor turned around and was Yuanshou's third son Yuanmin. Yuanmin stood up and asked curiously: "I just heard that Yang Yuanqing was assassinated. Is this a matter?"

Zhao Yuanzhe nodded, "Please sit down, let's talk slowly."

Zhao Yuanqi was indeed on two boats. On the one hand, he was promoted by Dou Kang and married the Dou family. He belonged to the Dou family, but on the other hand, he secretly went to Chen Cang and secretly defected to the Yuan family.

The two sat down, and Zhao Yuanxi sighed: "Today is the first day Yang Yuanqing took office. Who would have thought that someone would assassinate him? However, Yang Yuanqing's martial arts are indeed amazing. He was killed half of the thirty assassins."

"Did you find it out? Who did it?"

Zhao Yuanqi smiled bitterly and said, "It's the county government that is investigating it. I heard that some clues were found, which may be related to the young master's family."

"What!"

Yuanmin was furious, "What clue is it? Who dared to frame our Yuan family?"

"Young Master calmed down. It was just that an assassin had a waist card from the Yuan family. The other assassins had nothing on them, only this person had it, but just a waist card could not explain the problem."

Zhao Yuanqi was a little nervous. Yuanmin appeared just now. Could it be that the assassination was really caused by the Yuan family?

Yuan Min snorted heavily, "If my Yuan family wants to kill him, Yang Yuanqing, I will have taken action long ago. Will I wait until now?"

In fact, Zhao Yuanqi suspected that it was the Yuan family who killed Yang Yuanqing. The Yuan family would be the biggest beneficiary. Perhaps Yuanmin didn't know about this. It was because the Yuan family sent someone else to attack, but Yuanmin happened to appear.

However, the suspicion of the Yuan family was added from another perspective.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this!"

Yuanmin waved his hand upset. He was coming for good business, but was disturbed by the unexpected assassination. He took out a letter and handed it to Zhao Yuanxi, "My father has a letter to you, but I will see it."

I need to return the letter to me after I finish it, and I cannot leave this letter outside."

Zhao Yuanqi took the letter and cried out the letter from the envelope. He hurriedly looked at it twice, his eyes suddenly widened. At this time, Yang Yuanqing was stabbed and threw it out of the sky. After a while, he took a breath and stared blankly.

Standing, it was like being imposed on a fixed body, and suddenly became a statue.

Yuanmin sent the letter from him, "Have you finished reading it?"

Zhao Yuanyu nodded, his mouth was as bitter as if he had drunk a large glass of bile. A cold air rising from his feet made him tremble all over.

Yuanmin lit the letter on the candle. The flame rolled over the letter paper and suddenly became charred. When it was about to burn out, Yuanmin threw the letter paper into the incense burner in the corner of the house. He glanced at Zhao Yuanqi, and saw that he looked extremely unnatural.

, then asked coldly, "Why, what I promised to buy xiong bao back then, doesn't count now?"

Zhao Yuanxiu remembered what he said to Yuan Hongsi back then, "If you have the will of self-reliance, I will support you with all your strength."

That was what he said four years ago. At that time, Yuan Hongsi had the military power and was like a Zhongtian in Youzhou. Now Yuan Hongsi left Youzhou, but the Yuan family asked him to fulfill his promise. Zhao Yuan's face was so painful that he almost transformed.

It's right.

But at this time he didn't dare to say that it was not possible. He had read Yuanshou's handwritten letter and knew the Yuan family's ambitions. His mind was turning rapidly. Suddenly, a thought came to his mind and immediately said: "How could I not keep my word in my mind?

What? It’s just that Yang Yuanqing just arrived in Youzhou. The situation in Youzhou is very hunluan. Can I contact my generals after the situation calms down a little, and the matter is of great importance at this time, so you must not be in a hurry."

"The Yuan family is not in a hurry, just want to see Zhao's attitude. In addition, Zhao's envoy needs to write a guarantee letter, and I want to take it back to my father."

The guarantee letter is equivalent to giving the handle to the Yuan family. From then on, he will have to work hard for the Yuan family. In the near future, Zhao Yuanqi will be dragged down by the Yuan family and die.

Zhao Yuanqi pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay! I'll write it tonight and give the guarantee letter to the young master tomorrow morning. Anyway, the young master can't leave the city tonight, so let's have a good rest."

"Why don't you write now?" Yuanmin looked at him with some doubt.

Zhao Yuanqi's face immediately sank, and his tone was full of dissatisfaction, "I, Zhao Yuanqi, are from the third-rank Youzhou General Administration, at least, and you don't need to threaten me like this!"

Yuanmin looked at him coldly for a while, and finally nodded, "Okay! Give it to me tomorrow morning."

He turned around and walked out, and Zhao Yuanqi ordered loudly: "Helmet Master Yuan!"

As soon as Yuanmin left, Zhao Yuanqi immediately ordered someone to call his son Zhao Xing and whispered to him anxiously: "Go to the county government quickly and tell the magistrate Chu that the son of the Yuan family will hide in our mansion and ask him to send him immediately.

People come to arrest him!”

Zhao Xing was stunned, "Father is not very good!"

Zhao Yuan was anxious and slapped his son with a slap, gritting his teeth and said, "Hun! If the Yuan family is going to rebel, it will drag me to death. Why don't you go quickly!"

Zhao Xing turned around in fear and ran out in a panic. Zhao Yuanqi rushed out again and called him, "Don't tell anyone what I said to you just now!"

"Father, the child knows."

Zhao Yuanqi watched his son run away, and then forced himself to calm down, but the two tui kept shaking. The Yuan family was going to rebel. Although he didn't say when, the pirate ship could not get on the board, and he got on Yuan.

The whole family will be killed in this boat.

The Yuan family is really crazy, how is it possible now!

Zhao Yuanqi walked back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, and his heart was filled with a bunch of people. How could he not make up for it? I don’t know how long it took, but the housekeeper came to report, “Master, County Magistrate Chu brought a lot of yamen runners to the men, saying that he was here.

Capture the fugitive.”

Zhao Yuanqi was secretly happy, but his face sank, "Where are any fugitives in my house?"

He walked out quickly.

Yuanmin lives in a precious guest room. He was sitting at the table and writing a letter to his father. At this time, someone knocked on the men. Yuanmin stopped pen and asked unhappily: "Who is it?"

"Mr. Yuan, my master invites you to come here, there is something important."

Yuanmin put down his pen, got up and opened the men. The butler was outside the men. The butler bowed and said, "Young Master Yuan, my master invites you over."

Yuanmin nodded and followed the butler all the way, but came to the big men's mouth. He was a little surprised, what should I do when I came to the big men?

A few steps away from the big men, he heard Zhao Yuan's angry voice coming, "Impossible, Mr. Yuan is a distinguished guest in my house, you must not be so rude!"

"The Chief Secretary, it's important. We just want to ask Mr. Yuan about something, and we have no other intentions."

"What's the matter?" Yuan Minyin walked out with a calm face.

Zhao Yuanqi smiled bitterly and said, "It was the case of General Manager Yang being assassinated. Someone reported it to the county government. If you are in my mansion, the county government will come to investigate."

Yuan Min said angrily: "What are you investigating? What does this matter have to do with me?"

County Magistrate Chu stepped forward and bowed: "There is evidence that the case of General Manager Yang being assassinated is related to the Yuan family and is of great importance. Please ask Mr. Yuan to go with us to the county government. As long as it is proved that this case has nothing to do with Mr. Yuan, we immediately

Release people.”

Yuanmin was furious. He raised his hand and was about to slap the county magistrate. Zhao Yuanqiu next to him sighed and said, "Young Master Yuan should go! Otherwise, the Yuan family really won't be able to explain clearly."
Chapter completed!