Have we also lost contact with people outside the country
Xue Changshi frowned even more tightly, and his entire surroundings seemed to be frozen, stiff and cold to the point of being frightening. For the first time, he looked at the third brother without any kindness in his eyes, and laughed coldly: "How many men were given to you to watch over the people? How much silver was given to you? Now you tell me that the people are missing. It doesn't matter if the people are missing, but now you also say that the contact with the outside world has been cut off?! What's the use of you?!"
Xue Changshi sat down on the chair suddenly, picked up the Duan inkstone beside him, and smashed it to the ground. Looking at the third brother in front of him, his expression became ferocious: "No way?! No way?! What's the point of telling me there is no way now? It doesn't matter if the people are gone, there are still ways to remedy it. Do you know what the consequences will be if the news from outside the pass is cut off? They are barbarians, and barbarians will not show any kindness to you. If you cut off contact, how can they help you?!"
The third brother's head was broken and bleeding, but he didn't dare to complain. Knowing that he was angry, he didn't dare to shirk responsibility anymore. He just lowered his head and admitted his fault: "Sir, it is indeed my fault, but you don't know that the security over there is really strict. This has never happened before. The government is chasing us closely. It is extremely dangerous to enter and leave the city gate. We have been tracked down because we lost Xie Liangcheng and leaked our whereabouts... That's why we lost contact with them..."
It was getting darker outside, and the room looked very gloomy without lights on. Xue Changshi sat on the chair for a long time without saying anything. He glared at the third brother and then laughed sarcastically: "So much money was given away, but it all went down the drain. Those people are simply ruthless..."
Knowing that he was talking about the guards of Datong, the third brother also sighed: "That's right, we sneaked in and tried to find them, but they refused to acknowledge us and came to our door that night. If we hadn't been prepared and knew that things were not going well, we would have been wiped out."
He was very puzzled. When he saw Xue Changshi holding out his hand for him to stand up, he stood up quickly, wiped the blood off his face, walked up to Xue Changshi, and asked him in confusion: "Sir, did something happen at the top? Logically speaking, our relationship is very good and complete. If there are still people supporting the capital, why is the garrison commander of Datong so arrogant?"
This is also the reason why he rushed all the way back.
Xue Changshi was in an even worse mood when he talked about this. He sat on the chair, smiled bitterly and told the third brother the truth: "Why do you think I asked you if something happened as soon as you came back? It's because something happened in the capital. There has been no news from Lord Lu for a long time."
What does it mean there has been no news for a long time
The third brother instinctively felt something was wrong. He covered his injured forehead and felt a terrible headache, but he still tried to hold it in and said, "How is this possible? Our messages are all sent by water, which is very fast. Basically, we can get at least two letters every ten days. If it's urgent, we can get four or five letters a month... How could we suddenly lose contact?"
Lu Yuanrong was originally a member of the Xiao family. He was able to pass the imperial examination and become a Jinshi thanks to the sponsorship of the Xiao family. Although something happened to the Xiao family, they were not affected at all.
Later, after Xue Changshi escaped from King Linjiang, he offered a very generous reward and reconnected with Lu Yuanrong.
The fact that they were able to do things so smoothly and keep track of the movements of the Wei family and Shen Chen in the capital was also due to Lu Yuanrong. It was precisely because of Lu Yuanrong that the news about the Xie family could not be delivered to the Wei family in the capital because it had been kidnapped long ago.
The prefect of Jingxi had already been bribed, and there was an insider in the capital. Xue Changshi thought that even if this plan was not perfect, it would at least be flawless. But who knew that something would go wrong.
The two were looking at each other in confusion when a commotion broke out outside. The book boy hurriedly pushed open the door and came in. As soon as he came in, he looked at Xue Changshi and said with a very unpleasant expression: "Sir, someone from the governor's office came and said that they were ordered to bring the prefect to the capital for trial..."
Prefect!
Xue Changshi's face suddenly became extremely ugly, and he looked at him in disbelief.
The third brother also jumped up and said angrily: "Nonsense!"
Although he had already realized that something was wrong, he certainly knew what it meant if the prefect of Jingxi was arrested - if everything went well in the capital, the Xie and Wei families should have been finished by now, and they should have received the news.
And the prefect of Jingxi should not be escorted to Beijing.
If he was escorted to Beijing for trial... Thinking of that possibility, the blood drained from the Third Brother's face. He looked at the servant who came in and asked in shock: "What's the reason? Have you asked about it?!"
They have quite a few people in the prefectural government office, and they can get the news quickly if anything happens.
"Yes, yes... suspected of corruption..." The book boy's face was pale. He looked at Xue Changshi and then at the third brother: "They acted very quickly and were difficult to approach. No one in the mansion knew what was going on, and the prefect was arrested."
The prefect has always been collecting intelligence about the Xie family for them, and has helped them to confuse the Xie family. Now that the prefect has been arrested, if he can't hold on, then everything will be over.
Why
Lu Yuanrong is still in the capital, how could he allow this to happen, how could he let those people touch the prefect of Jingxi? They should know how much the prefect of Jingxi knows.
Unless, unless...
The third brother trembled, looked at Xue Changshi in front of him, cursed and said: "Sir, we have to prepare for the worst. I'm afraid, I'm afraid this time we are really going to suffer a disaster... ... or a catastrophic disaster!"
If something hadn't happened to Lu Yuanrong, why had they not received any news for so many days? They wondered what happened to Third Master Xie after he came to Beijing, and whether the schemes of Prince Zheng's Mansion had worked
Why did something happen to the prefect of Jingxi
There have never been so many coincidences in this world.
Xue Changshi really didn't stand steadily. His legs went weak and he fell into the chair. He felt a buzzing sound in his head.
If something really happened, Lu Yuanrong was in trouble, the prefect of Jingxi was arrested, and Xie Liangcheng disappeared, then it would mean that their plan was completely exposed. How long could Lu Yuanrong hold out? How long could the prefect of Jingxi hold out
With a cold and hard face, he squeezed out a word from between his teeth: "Quick! Quickly give the order to leave Jingxi..."
Originally, they planned to watch the Xie family fall into misfortune in Jingxi, but now, how could they watch the Xie family fall into misfortune? Their own demise was right in front of them. (To be continued)