Bai Chun understood what Di Renjie meant, and kept silent in order to leave some room for each other. At least, the suspicions inside could not be brought to paper because of mutual cooperation.
So Bai Chun happily suggested that Fang Zhan and Heng Qiao lead dozens of Jingwei and follow Di Renjie to handle the case in Chengdu tonight to arrest the four major families in Chengdu.
Bai Chun himself needs to set off immediately to find out the details of the five hundred people in Chengdu Mansion, as well as whether Princess Fangling has any connection with them, and keep an eye on Princess Fangling's every move.
When Li Qian and others arrived at Princess Fangling's residence, a carriage and more than a dozen guards had been waiting for them.
"There is no need to ask why. Hong'er has never acted according to common sense. There has been no news from Quan Shancai and Su Honghui in the past three days. What we have to do now is to destroy the evidence in front of us. Even if Quan Shancai and Su Honghui rebelled, we We can't let them take advantage of the Tongnanzhao incident." Faang Ling personally opened the curtain of the carriage window and looked at Li Qian and Pei Shoude who were standing outside the carriage.
"If Grandma Huang has anything to do, just tell Qian'er. Why do you have to go out in person?" Li Qian didn't know why Princess Fangling wanted to go into battle in person. Could it be that Li Hong had already obtained something useful from Quan Shancai and Su Honghui? thing
"I'm worried. I just want to go out and get some fresh air. I've been staying at the house these days, and my old bones are almost stiff. It's time to move around." Faang Ling smiled and motioned for Li Qian and Li Lin to get in the car. , while Pei Shoude and Murong Bin had no choice but to continue riding and followed the carriage out of Chengdu Mansion.
"Wen Wenwen was imprisoned by Hong'er." Princess Fangling looked at Li Qian and Li Lin in the carriage and suddenly said: "Her master rushed back to Qingcheng Mountain early this morning and found Hong'er's personal guards in the back mountain. He also saw It shows the situation of Wenrou and Honger together.”
Li Qian listened to the helplessness in Princess Fangling's tone, as well as the trace of unwillingness and frustration, and said with some doubts: "Rou Wenwen doesn't know anything, what can she say? Even if it's about your true identity , She doesn’t understand, even if she is imprisoned by Li Hong, this... "
"Principal Chen Yi saw Hong'er and her fishing by the lake. Wen Wen'er's feet suddenly became unsteady, and then he and Hong'er fell into the water at the same time." The carriage began to accelerate, and Princess Fangling sat on the carriage and continued.
"Could it be...?" Li Lin's face was filled with joy, and she instinctively thought that Li Hong and Wen Wenwen had drowned in the lake.
Princess Fangling glanced at Li Lin. Faced with that stern look, Li Lin was stunned for a moment, then lowered her head and did not dare to speak any more.
"Chen Yi originally planned to sneak into the thatched hut quietly while Hong'er was changing clothes and rescue Wen Wenwen, but before she could get close to the thatched hut, another group of Hong'er's cavalry came back from outside. Chen Yi saw a person , so she gave up on rescuing Wen Wen and instead reported to me the situation at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain." Princess Faang Ling's mind was filled with the shadow of Wen Wen at the moment. She was not afraid of Wen Wen saying anything. After all, Wen Wen didn't know anything. She doesn't even know her identity.
But such a chess piece that she had carefully prepared and cultivated for many years, a chess piece that could be directly involved in the royal family in the future, was destroyed by Li Hong, which made her feel very sad for the hard work and energy she had put in over the years.
But to put it bluntly, Wen Wen and her senior brothers are actually a group of "domestic servants" secretly trained by herself and her master Chen Yi.
It's just that this group of domestic servants does not comply with the laws of the Tang Dynasty. In addition to being unable to reasonably exist in their own names, what's more, when doing things, if something goes wrong, they will be implicated, which is too dangerous. .
And Kai Taoist Temple preaches scriptures and teaches martial arts so that they can become rangers who can be used for their own purposes. In this way, even if something is exposed, it will only expose those rangers. It has nothing to do with me at all, it is completely in line with my own interests, and at the same time, it does not expose myself to the sun or the eyes of the court.
Over the years, they have used these so-called rangers to eliminate dissidents in Jiannan Road. As long as they are unwilling to join the Chengdu faction, they will either be framed, framed and imprisoned by them, or they will be sent to other places after the court finds out the truth. When he returns to his post, he will be handed over to rangers like Wen Rou to kill him.
After the incident was completed, the only people the court wanted to hold accountable were those knights-errants. The Chengdu Prefecture group could take advantage of this gap to recommend the people they wanted to recommend to the court officials as officials for their own benefit and that of the Chengdu Prefecture.
This method of eliminating dissidents has been tried and tested over the years. Especially after the execution of King Li Zhen of Yue by Li Hong, the entire Chengdu Mansion became even more unbreakable.
Moreover, as the threat from Tibet has been greatly reduced, Chengdu Prefecture’s Zhechong Prefecture has no longer been taken seriously by the Ministry of War. This has given them the opportunity to infiltrate more forces into Zhechong Prefecture and win over others. Therefore, in these years, Chengdu Prefecture has been as impregnable as an iron wall. Generally unbreakable, Zhe Chong Mansion also made great contributions in it.
Just like the Zhechong Prefecture in other places, they have been completely restructured in the past two years of the Ministry of War restructuring. However, only these Zhechong Prefectures in Chengdu Prefecture are still in the same condition as before Li Hong was appointed Minister, and there has been no muscle injury. The most significant changes still remain as they were before, even the right to appoint and remove important positions such as captain and captain are still retained in Chengdu Prefecture, the seat of Jiannan Road.
But the Ministry of War still allocated funds to these Zhechong governments to adjust grains, and there was no shortage at all.
"Who did you meet?" Li Qian's heart suddenly tightened involuntarily. It was enough to imagine that the layman Chen Yi could give up. Princess Fangling had carefully cultivated the gentleness and disregard for many years and hurried back to report important matters to her. It seems extremely important to them.
"Fan Huaiyi!" Princess Fangling said softly.
When Li Qian and Li Lin heard these three words, they felt as if someone had punched them hard in the chest, making them feel a little difficult to breathe.
"How is it possible? We have been looking for him for so many years and have not found him. Why did Li Hong find him as soon as he arrived?" Li Qian said with a stutter in her tone.
Li Lin murmured in her mouth: "Fan Huaiyi, Uncle Fan, Fan Ning'an... Is Fan Ning'an the son of Fan Huaiyi?"
"It should be so. We don't know about this, but the Uncle Fan that Wen Wen said occasionally was Fan Huaiyi! We ignored this." Princess Fangling felt extremely regretful at this time. As early as a year ago, she had heard from Wen Wen that Li learned about the existence of Fan Huaiyi.
But there are so many people named Fan in the world, and they are still at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain, which makes it difficult for people to associate this Uncle Fan with that Fan Huaiyi.
Who would have thought that Fan Huaiyi, who was forced to kill his married wife by the governor of Chengdu and was wanted by Quan Shancai, was living under the nose of the Chengdu Prefecture? Is it even possible that his son was sent to a Taoist temple to learn martial arts
Furthermore, at that time, when Fan Huaiyi gave Quan Shancai a form of resignation, he had already made it clear that he had escaped from Jiannan Road and was on his way to Chang'an. He also asked Quan Shancai to be prepared to accept retribution for his evil deeds and wait for the court. of questioning.
Quan Shancai was frightened for a long time because of this. It wasn't until the court never asked him about it that he gradually relaxed.
Now it seems that everything was deliberately released by Fan Huaiyi, just to disturb their sight, so that he could live leisurely at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain.
"In that case, it doesn't mean that Fan Huaiyi smuggled Quan Shancai and Su Honghui back..." Li Qian said with some confusion.
"Those are things of the past. Even if there is evidence on Fan Huaiyi, it has nothing to do with us. What I worry about is whether Quan Shancai and Su Honghui can withstand Hong'er's pressure. If they want to make up for their mistakes, they just need to The shortage of granaries in Chengdu over the past few years told Hong'er that if there were not even one hundred officials in Jiannan Road, there would be seventy or eighty officials whose heads would fall to the ground. "Fang Ling wished that the carriage under his butt could fly, which would be good for him. See with your own eyes the granary of Chengdu Prefecture.
In her heart, she also had greater worries about the Chengdu Prefecture. The military supplies and weapons of many Zhechong Prefectures were bypassed by Quan Shancai and Su Honghui and sold secretly to Nanzhao and Zhenla. If these The matter was also exposed. Even if he and others were interceded by His Majesty, with Li Hong's decisive and decisive temper, he and others would still be unable to escape death.
So now, she must resolve the matter regarding Mincang, and cannot let Li Hong follow this line and continue to investigate.
She suddenly mobilized the 500 Nanzhao soldiers outside the city from the mountains and forests today just to kill Quan Shancai and Su Honghui. In this way, all the clues were cut off. The evidence of Fan Huaiyi back then was just proof. The grain in Mincang was sold privately by the King of Yue.
Even if he is found out, it is just for the royal family to make up for the family subsidy. At most, he will be given a verbal warning by His Majesty, and the land of Bashu and the lifeblood of Chengdu will not be touched.
Princess Fangling is undoubtedly very decisive, just like the gecko she showed Li Qian and his wife. Now, instead of cutting off a small tail, she plans to cut off half of her body in order to survive. Opportunity.
As long as the Chengdu granary is set alight by himself and everything is in ruins, even when Li Hong arrives, he will see nothing more than a piece of burnt loess. As for the grain, who dares to say that it was smuggled by him?
At that time, even in the face of the conclusive testimony of Quan Shancai and Su Honghui, as the eldest princess of the royal family, could the words she said be inferior to those two outsiders
After Li Qian and Li Lin understood Princess Fangling's plan, the two of them looked at Princess Fangling with a look of fear and awe. They had to think about it at this moment, if Princess Fangling had to fight to survive. Will they also...
"Then... what should I do with tenderness?"
Princess Fangling was sitting in the carriage with her eyes closed and she was concentrating. When she heard Li Qian's nervous words, she smiled and said lightly: "What a pity. What a good child."
(End of chapter)