Bai Shan looked at the envelope, both his and Man Bao's names were written on it, he handed the letter in Bai Erlang's handwriting to Man Bao, and sat cross-legged on the kang to open another letter.
This is a letter written by Yin You to them. There are five sheets of paper, but it is still far from Bai Erlang's, because Bai Erlang's thick stack is still very thick when it is unfolded. , there are twelve of them.
She looked at the letter and didn't finish reading it for a long time. Seeing that Bai Shan had finished reading another letter and started thinking, she put Bai Erlang's letter aside and asked, "Who wrote it?"
Bai Shan handed the letter to her and said: "Yin probably wrote it. He said that in July, because his three sisters blocked us on the street and sent people to Jishitang to make trouble, there was a censor who impeached his father. The next day his father was sent out to inspect."
Bai Shandao: "He suspects that his father is going to transfer troops."
Man Bao widened his eyes.
Afraid that walls have ears, Bai Shan lowered his voice so low that even Xiang Chao beside him couldn't hear what they were saying clearly.
But after seeing them open the letter, they muttered, knowing that they were guarding against other people in the prison, so although they were anxious to know, they didn't say anything.
Bai Shan lowered his voice and said: "He said that his sister and brother-in-law also got into trouble before. Although Yushi also impeached, it was mostly blamed on my brother-in-law. If my father was scolded, at worst he would have to defend himself. If it drags on for a month or two, the matter will probably be ignored, and it is not a big deal."
"But like in July, it is the first time that the emperor directly asked his father to go out for inspection." Bai Shan whispered: "Last night, he asked Changshou to go quietly to find the young servant who sent a letter of safety to his family recently. , I found out that his father sent letters to the family every ten days, never stopped, and when I asked, they were all sent from Youzhou."
Man Bao blinked and asked in a low voice, "Are they going to transfer troops from Youzhou?"
Bai Shan shook his head, he thought about it carefully and said: "Yin may say that this is probably confusing people's eyes, I think so, if the emperor really sent Yin Li to dispatch troops early, it should be from Minzhou or Songzhou It is more convenient to deploy troops in the area than Youzhou."
After pondering for a moment, Bai Shan said: "However, Songzhou is too close to Maozhou. Since the king of Yizhou has even controlled Suizhou, Songzhou should not let it go. If I were the emperor, I should transfer troops from Minzhou. That would be even more difficult. Safety."
Man Bao: "Those who go out in July should arrive in August. Even if they march slowly, they should arrive in Yizhou in early September."
Bai Shan whispered: "Minzhou soldiers and horses have to be on guard against Tubo, they must make proper arrangements before leaving, and marching needs food and grass, it is not easy for the emperor to avoid the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households, not to mention, September is the Queen Mother's birthday, I think the emperor intended to give the queen mother a good birthday."
He said: "Didn't he not be in a hurry when we first entered Beijing? It was because the Third Prince was fighting with the Crown Prince that he wanted to bring trouble to the east."
Bai Shandao: "I guess, he originally planned to do it in October or November."
After a little thought, Man Bao understood, "At that time, the king of Yizhou was supposed to leave Beijing and return to Yizhou, but he didn't go back. There was no news on the way, so he directly copied the back route of the king of Yizhou. As soon as he entered Yizhou The city was in his hands, and Yin Li arrested the king of Yizhou in Yizhou city, and even executed him, the queen mother was beyond her reach, and the resistance was much smaller."
Bai Shan nodded and said in a low voice: "We will be much safer. Besides, it will snow in Tubo in October and November. The relationship between the two sides has been pretty good in the past two years. The weather is cold and there should be no war. The border is tight on the outside and loose on the inside, confusing the problem for a month or two."
Man Bao gritted his teeth, "All were killed by the crown prince and the third prince."
Bai Shandao: "It's because the king of Yizhou is provocative, but it's true that the third prince is ambitious. I heard from the students in the Guozi school that the prince and the third prince have often had fights in the past two years. They are obviously from the same mother. Relations have been bad."
Man Bao was curious: "What about two years ago?"
"The relationship used to be good. Although the prince was strict, he was good to several brothers and sisters. However, the prince has been childless for many years, not even a daughter. The third prince gave birth to the eldest son two years ago. Originally, he He was supposed to be a vassal, but the emperor loved him and never let him go. At first the prince didn't think there was anything wrong, but... "
Bai Shan raised his eyes to look at Man Bao, and whispered: "People's hearts change, do you know?"
At any rate, she has read a lot of history books, and also read a lot of unofficial history stories that Keke found for her. Of course she knew, and she quickly found the crux of the problem.
"The prince feels inferior, he messed up first, the third prince is too ambitious, he cheated his elder brother and parents, and cheated us too, then the emperor loves this and that, he is the emperor Want a bowl of water to be flat?"
Bai Shan nodded, "That's right, he is the emperor, how can he think of a bowl of water to be level? Do you want to divide the world into equal parts for the son?"
Man Bao gritted his teeth for a while, but this is the matter of the superiors. Although they were affected, there is nothing they can do even if they know.
Man Bao looked at Bai Shan, "So what should we do?"
"Now that we are all in prison, it depends on whether Yin Li's actions are fast. If it is fast, not only us, but also the two of them should be able to get out of prison for the winter."
The two of them glanced at the letter written by Yin Li, and took it to the stove to burn it. There were too many things written in it, and the guesses were too confidential, but they could not be leaked.
Seeing that, Xiang Chao quickly asked, "Whose letter is this, and what is written in the letter?"
Man Bao took out Bai Erlang's letter again, and Bai Shan replied: "Our friend said something about the situation, and he was willing to help. We are afraid that it will be leaked out and people will find out the trouble with his father and brother. So it was burned."
Man Bao nodded.
Bai Erlang wrote a lot of things in the letter. He originally wanted to come in person, but his family stopped him.
The cousin said that it was useless for him to go, Xiang Chang wanted to see the situation of the brothers of the Xiang family, with An Xiang's heart, after all, the three families are now in an alliance, and a family can only produce one.
So the old Zhou's family has to go alone, and they have to see that Manbao is safe with their own eyes.
On the Bai family's side, the cousin felt that Daji was more reliable than Bai Erlang, and she could pay more attention to the environment in the prison, so she suppressed Bai Erlang twice.
He was not even willing to pass on the letter to him, Bai Erlang was not stupid, he just packed up the books for Bai Shan and the others, and then put the letter inside.
Bai Erlang said that he has collected all the words in Baishan's study, and he will take care of the flowers and plants in Manbao. Jishitang has also asked for leave, and he can no longer go to school. The eldest brother can't go, because strangers have been lingering outside their house since this morning.
But Bai Erlang didn't do nothing, he planned to join Yin or together to link up the best classmates in their school, and when the evidence was confirmed, they would go to Kong Jijiu and ask him to ask someone from prison .