"Where is your man?" General Meng asked, mentioning a servant next to him.
The servant who was lifted up was startled and accidentally became incontinent.
"Report to the general, man, isn't that man there?" The man said, pointing to the man in the prison car.
General Meng threw the man out angrily. Only then did he realize that he had been swiped. He had just been wondering why the people from Dali Temple came to ask him this. Nothing like this had ever happened before.
It turns out that this is their purpose.
"Everything is being plotted against me. It seems I am really impatient to live."
General Meng had a gloomy face, and everyone around him looked timid.
"Come here, search the whole city for me and bring Yin Xinlei back to my general."
"yes."
Every street in Kyoto has been lit up with torches.
"Knock knock knock." The knock on the door turned the originally quiet Kyoto into a lively place.
Yin Xinlei was taken into an inn by Shen Qianshan's people.
"Master Yin, I have to let you stay in the cellar for now. Someone from us will come to the cellar every day to bring you food."
After giving instructions, the man was about to leave. Yin Xinlei suddenly thought that his family would be arrested if he left, so he stopped the man.
"Wait, if I'm here, where is my family?"
"Your family, the Ninth Prince, has been taken out. You don't have to worry. The Prince will send someone to take you out after this matter is over."
Yin Xinlei was relieved and walked into the cellar. He trusted Shen Qianshan very much. He didn't believe that he would kill him if he rescued him.
After all, if you want to kill him, you don't have to do such a thing.
Shen Zhongbai also heard about this matter soon. Although he was annoyed with General Meng, he was also relieved. At least now General Meng's eyes were on Shen Qianshan, so he didn't have to spend so much time trying to get General Meng and Shen Qianshan together. Two people quarrel with each other on a thousand mountains.
Meng Mansion.
"General, there is no one in the Yin Mansion anymore. Even the servants were dismissed two hours ago. The Yin Mansion is now an empty city."
Obviously, what happened today was a trap set for General Meng. How could he have been fooled then
The more he thought about General Meng, the angrier he became, and he wanted to arrest Shen Qianshan.
"Where's the prison guard who comes to ventilate our house?"
General Meng thought of the prison boss who made him take the bait.
Thinking of the cell leader, he came over as soon as he entered the house. He was obviously prepared, otherwise how could it be so fast? He showed up as soon as he entered the house.
"The cell leader has also disappeared, and there is no information about him in Dali Temple."
"Snapped."
Following his men's words, the teacup in General Meng's hand was crushed.
He knew that Yin Xinlei was from Shen Qianshan. Now that the city gate was closed, people would not be sent out of the city, but only in the city.
"Continue to look for people and ask them to seal the city gate. Anyone who leaves the city in the past few days must carefully check and not miss anything."
Shen Qianshan, I don’t believe that you can send Yin Xinlei away.
Just as Shen Qianshan thought, General Meng searched for Yin Xinlei throughout the city, even his family members were not spared.
People in Kyoto are really panicked. Although the people have complaints, they dare not speak out. After all, if you talk about this kind of thing too much, you may be dead.
"Everyone has been arranged?" Shen Qianshan asked as he looked at Chu Tiankuo who was arriving.
"Yes." Chu Tiankuo picked up the tea cup and poured himself a cup of tea. "Everyone has made arrangements. General Meng's battle tonight is so big, I'm afraid he will be impeached tomorrow morning."
Shen Qianshan chuckled, "That's his business."
This is what he wants. Only chaos can keep Yin Xinlei safe.
In terms of leading troops to fight, General Meng was actually a talented general, but unfortunately he became Shen Zhongbai's man.
"Is there any expression from Shen Zhongbai?"
"No." Chu Tiankuo shook his head, "Shen Zhongbai pretended not to know anything and let him make trouble."
"It seems that he wants me to fight General Meng and then reap the benefits himself."
Shen Zhongbai's methods are child's play in front of Shen Qianshan, and they can be seen through with just one glance.
"how do you want to do it?"
Chu Tiankuo knew that it was impossible to plot against Shen Qianshan, and Shen Zhongbai was just waiting to suffer disaster.
"It's almost summer."
"Yes." Chu Tiankuo was a little confused. What did Shen Qianshan mean by this
"I heard that Mr. Qin's injury is almost healed. He should be able to recover on the road."
What he said was very obvious, and Chu Tiankuo understood it immediately.
Shen Zhongbai wants to take advantage of the situation. The water control work has not been completed yet. Now General Meng is making such a big noise. If something happens in the south of the Yangtze River, Shen Zhongbai will definitely send Qin Liangping away. Qin Liangping is not sure he wants to take General Meng. When the time comes, Shen Zhongbai will be caught on both sides and can only choose one.
The sky gradually faded away from darkness and became brighter.
A vicious search all night failed to find where Yin Xinlei was hiding.
Morning.
"Your Majesty, General Meng privately sent people to remove the prisoners from Dali Temple yesterday and let the prisoners escape. After searching all night, no one was found. Now the people in the city have complained and hope that the Emperor will stop General Meng. Behavior."
As one official spoke, other officials also came out one after another.
"Back to the Emperor, I think Master Shi is right."
"I also agree."
The objections below gave Shen Zhongbai a headache. It would be bad if he offended these officials because of General Meng, and he couldn't be blamed.
"I have thought about what you all love me, but if the prisoner is not arrested, it will also affect the lives of the people. What General Meng did is indeed wrong. Although General Meng arrests the prisoner, he must be cautious."
After a pause, he continued: "Let's do this. General Meng will continue to track down the criminals, but he cannot disturb the people."
"Yes, I obey your order."
As soon as these two unoffending words came out, although both parties felt uncomfortable, they did not say anything else. After all, both parties took a step back. If they persisted, Shen Zhongbai would definitely punish them.
The matter was thus settled.
The next day.
"Your Majesty, urgent letter from Jiangnan."
Shen Zhongbai looked at his father-in-law who hurried over and looked at him doubtfully.
"What happened?"
"Your Majesty, there is a sudden flood in the south of the Yangtze River. Although there are no casualties, the people are complaining and hope that the imperial court can send people to control the flood."
The sudden incident caught Shen Zhongbai a little unprepared. Where is the person willing to go at this time
Why did floods suddenly occur when it was clearly not the rainy season yet
Shen Zhongbai couldn't figure it out. After all, who could tell clearly about natural disasters and man-made disasters
In the morning court, many officials already knew about the affairs in Jiangnan. There was a topic again in today's morning court, but they didn't know who to recommend for the candidates to go to Jiangnan to control the water.
"Presumably all the dear friends also know about the floods in the south of the Yangtze River. In this case, who among the dear ladies is willing to go to control the floods?"
After Shen Zhongbai's words came out, no one came forward to take over the matter.
"Your Majesty, why don't you leave this matter to General Meng? General Meng made a big mistake yesterday. Why don't you send him to Jiangnan now so that he can make up for it?"
Shi Delai walked out from the crowd of officials.
Shen Zhongbai glanced at General Meng, unwilling to let him go.
If General Meng leaves, then he will lose a general in Kyoto to support him. If Shen Qianshan rebels, she will have no troops to dispatch.
"What do you think of other lovers?"
Shen Zhongbai did not directly reject Shi Delai's proposal.
The officials on General Meng's side must not let General Meng go to Jiangnan, and General Meng himself is not willing to go.
"Back to the emperor, I think that General Meng is not suitable to be the governor of flood control. General Meng is a general who leads troops. How can he control floods? I hope the emperor will think twice."
Shen Zhongbai nodded pretendingly, looking very much in agreement with what he said.
"Then do you have any other candidates for your love?"
Shen Zhongbai looked at the official who spoke and asked.
The official immediately choked up and stopped talking.
"Then what other candidates do you have for me?"
For a long time, no one spoke.
"Your Majesty, please let Master Qin go."
I don’t know who made this suggestion. How could Qin Liangping’s disciples agree to let Qin Liangping go
But Shi Delai thought this proposal was very good and walked out.
"Your Majesty, I think Lord Qin can go. The Lord who went with Wu Dequan before is Lord Qin's disciple. Lord Qin's ability to control water must be even greater than that person's."
Shen Zhongbai really didn't think about Qin Liangping. He hadn't thought about him since he was seriously injured and recuperated.
"But didn't Mr. Qin fall off the carriage and fall off the horse and is recuperating in the mansion?"
"Your Majesty, I heard that Master Qin's injury is almost healed, and you can travel long distances."
A small official walked out. Looking at the situation, only Qin Liangping could go, but Qin Liangping was definitely not willing.
"Your Majesty, Mr. Qin is seriously injured and is not ready to go out. I hope your Majesty will choose someone else."
One of Qin Liangping's disciples came out to defend Qin Liangping.
Shen Zhongbai felt his head hurt as he listened to the constant quarrels below. On one side, someone said to let Qin Liangping go, and on the other side, he asked General Meng to go. He couldn't let either side go.
"If there is no other candidate for you, dear sir, then we can discuss it again tomorrow morning and withdraw from the court."
Shen Zhongbai almost fled here. It was difficult for him to choose one person from both sides.
Royal study room.
"Your Majesty, in Wei Chen's opinion, this is most likely a trap set by Shen Qianshan, who wants the Emperor to make a choice between Lord Qin and Wei Chen."
General Meng went to find Shen Zhongbai after the morning court. When he was in the main hall, he felt something was wrong. How could those people think of him and Qin Liangping so quickly
If people who didn't care about Qin Liangping's injury would not pay attention to him, then why would a small official pay attention to him
This can only mean that this is a trap set by Shen Qianshan for Shen Zhongbai.
In order not to let Shen Zhongbai be fooled, he came to see Shen Zhongbai as soon as he went to court, just to remind him not to be led by Shen Qianshan.