In the East Palace study late at night, An Shuli was still processing the memorial.
After Yun Chi left, a huge burden suddenly fell on his shoulders, and everything needed to be decided by him. Only then did he deeply realize that when Yun Chi hadn't left, the heavy burdens on him were nothing at all. Now I really realized that being a crown prince is really not a human job.
Xiao Zhongzi waited on An Shuli in the study as if he was waiting on Yunchi. Seeing that An Shuli had left since Yunchi left, he had been grimacing. While he was worried for His Royal Highness, he also sympathized with An Zaifu.
When Mei Shuyu entered the East Palace and returned to the East Palace with his staff, there was no need for anyone to report. When the two of them came outside the study under the starry night, they stopped together and ordered a guard to report to An Zaifu.
An Shuli put down his pen when he heard the sound, and told Xiao Zhongzi, "Please!"
The staff sent to Zhaoyuan County returned to Beijing but came with Mei Shuyu at this time, presumably there was something important.
Xiao Zhongzi quickly opened the door and invited the two of them into the study.
An Shuli thumped his shoulders, stood up, relaxed his stiff body, saw the two people come in to salute him, and called him "Zaifu An", he returned the salute, and asked in a gentle voice, "When will Mr. Zhu return to Beijing?" Come to me with Mrs. Mei at this time, but there is something urgent."
"It's just an urgent matter." Mei Shuyu took the words, and said to An Shuli, "For me, Mr. Zhu has worked hard all the way, and he just entered the city, and he hasn't even had a drink of his saliva yet." After speaking, she said to Xiao Zhongzi , "Please trouble my little loyal father-in-law, and tell the kitchen to get some food for Mr. Zhu to eat."
Xiao Zhongzi also saw Mr. Zhu's dusty body, and said quickly, "Mr. Zhu and the miscellaneous family go to take a bath, change clothes and have dinner."
The staff shook his head, "Don't worry about it, it's urgent, I'll just have a meal here."
Xiao Zhongzi understands that it is really urgent, otherwise Zhu Gong is also a person who pays attention to cleanliness, so he wouldn't even bother to take a bath first. He immediately sent someone to the kitchen to order.
Mei Shuyu then told An Shuli what Mr. Zhu had said to him.
After hearing this, An Shuli looked solemn, and pondered, "Since it is a letter sent by His Highness, it must be that Ye Lanying was met by His Highness. This matter must be done properly." He looked at Mei Shuyu, "Now Beijing is safe and sound. , or you go there yourself."
Mei Shuyu was taken aback, "I'll go in person." After saying that, he hesitated, "I'll go and do it, but who will come and take care of the Jinglu soldiers and horses in Beijing?"
"Leave it to Su Qingmian, and send two other aides to assist him." An Shuli said, "Otherwise, I will send someone else, I am afraid that Ye Lanying is cunning, so I will let go. I also checked the Lingnan Palace, and the woman is indeed Clever. The King of Lingnan has not shown the slightest flaw for so many years, and she is also credited. You secretly led a hundred thousand soldiers and horses to intercept Ye Lanying, and then personally escorted her to Beijing. No, put him in the prison of the East Palace."
Although Beijing is now stable, he is not at ease in the prison of the Ministry of Justice, but the East Palace where he sits makes him feel at ease.
After finishing speaking, he said again, "If it's fast, it only takes four or five days for you to go back and forth, and if it's slow, it will only take seven or eight days. Su Qingmian followed Su Qingfeng in the military camp earlier, and after seven or eight days of stability, you should no problem."
Mei Shuyu nodded decisively after hearing An Shuli's words, "Okay, I will lead the troops myself, and I will definitely bring back Ye Lanying."
An Shuli patted him on the shoulder, "Be careful in everything, don't leak any information, and I will arrange for you to cover it up as if you are still in the capital."
Mei Shuyu nodded, "Okay."
An Shuli looked at the staff, "Mr. Zhu, you can bear to run around with Master Mei."
"I can bear it. I also know some martial arts. It's okay to run back and forth." Mr. Zhu nodded, "I'll lead the way."
An Shuli nodded, "Thank you for your hard work."
The three of them quickly finalized the matter, and the kitchen brought food. Mei Shuyu ate a lot with Mr. Zhu. After eating and drinking, the two left the East Palace together.
Mei Shuyu returned to the Jinglu military camp, found Su Qingmian and the two staff members of the East Palace, and explained something.
Su Qingmian felt a little uncertain, "Second Brother Mei, if you leave, leave the barracks to me, okay?"
He is a young man who is very good at talking. After entering the military camp, he has the same temperament as Mei Shuyu, so he called him brother and brother, Mei Shuyu's second elder brother. Seeing that Mei Shuyu was going to leave for a few days now, he was completely uncertain. He had only been in the barracks for two or three days, and he had just gotten to know the situation.
Mei Shuyu patted him on the shoulder, "Believe in yourself, you can do it, I'll be back in four or five days at the earliest."
"The slowest?" Su Qingmian asked worriedly.
"Seven or eight days." Mei Shuyu said, "A little girl, I will go with a hundred thousand soldiers and horses, if I can't take him down, what else can I do?"
Except for Zhao Qingxi, who was reluctant to do it, and Hua Yan, who he didn't dare to do, he was not afraid of women in the world, and he would not pity her. He has already made up his mind, it's useless for that little girl to trick her, he is stern and impartial.
"Master Su, don't worry, we still have us. This matter is important. If Zaifu An sent the general, he must be the one." A staff member of the Eastern Palace who stayed in the army said.
"Okay, okay." Su Qingmian nodded, he didn't understand why he suddenly took on the heavy responsibility, he was just a boy who could make some toys, and was suddenly forced to grow up step by step.
In the middle of the night that day, Mei Shuyu gathered 100,000 soldiers and horses, and together with Mr. Zhu, they left the Jinglu soldiers and horses camp.
One hundred thousand soldiers and horses, take the nearest road to Zhaoyuan County.
After marching for five hundred miles for a day and night, at dusk of this day, we arrived outside Zhaoyuan County.
At this time, it had been two and a half days since Duke Zhu left Zhaoyuan County, Mei Shuyan and the others were eager to see through, they did not wait for Duke Zhu to arrive with troops, but waited for Ye Lanying's caravan first.
When Mei Shuyan heard that there was a caravan passing through the customs, his heart shivered, and he glanced at the sky. At that time, the sun was already in the west. He took a deep breath, and ordered his master to present the certificate of customs clearance, only to see that the certificate said "Anshi Cloth Pile".
He knew that this "Anshi Cloth Pile" was re-run by a close relative of the Anyang Prince's Mansion.
He looked at the customs clearance document carefully, and it was really not a fake.
He thought, no wonder he couldn't find any flaws. It turned out that the caravan that Ye Lanying left used the name of someone else, not the name of Lingnan Palace at all. And the An's family is backed by the Anyang Palace, and they are very powerful, so there are some filthy businesses in it, and the officials who handle them all look at the face of the Anyang Palace and turn a blind eye. After all, all major families have some filthy things, and no one is cleaner than the other.
However, since he came to take over Zhaoyuan County, such things have been eliminated.
He was entrusted by Yunchi to be in charge of Zhaoyuan County. Naturally, he could no longer be as sloppy as the previous officials. He investigated many cases and would not turn a blind eye. But he did not expect that this Ye Lanying He is so courageous that he dares to privately manufacture and smuggle weapons.
He gripped the customs clearance document tightly, and ordered calmly, "Come here, pass my order, and follow me to have a look." After saying that, he said loudly, "On the day I returned to Beijing, I saw Your Highness, and Your Highness ordered, Whenever a caravan passes through Zhaoyuan County, it must be checked carefully. I have been locked in the yamen for a few days, and I just went out to let the wind go."
The master was startled, but said yes without saying anything.
So, Mei Shuyan ordered five hundred people, left the county magistrate's office, and went to the city gate.
On the way, he paid attention to the movements of the people around him. Except for the master who was stunned for a moment earlier, other people's expressions were as usual, and they didn't see anything unusual.
All the way to the city gate, the soldiers guarding the city saw Mei Shuyan and saluted one after another.
Mei Shuyan waved his hand, and glanced at the caravan that was blocked outside the city gate. Except for the first two cars that were obviously leading the caravan, there were no more or no less loaded cars behind, exactly twenty cars. His heart sank. He ordered behind him, "Check it out"
Someone listened to the order and took a team of people to check the vehicles behind them.
Mei Shuyan also followed the horse.
Boxes of boxes were opened, and they were indeed filled with cloth.
Mei Shuyan ordered, "Shake out the cloth."
The soldiers obeyed and shook off the cloth.
Mei Shuyan stared until the cloth was shaken away and the box was shaken to the end, but no crossbow arrows were seen. He wondered in his heart, could it be that he was mistaken that this caravan was not the caravan brought by Ye Lanying at all
He didn't doubt Yun Chi, since His Royal Highness sent someone to deliver the message, he would definitely not make a mistake.
what's going on
Just as he was thinking, the leading carriage opened the curtain, revealing a woman's face, her voice was soft and warm, full of dissatisfaction, and coquettish, "My lord, the little girl is walking in the caravan with people. Guanguan, I have never seen you doing cloth business in such a rough way, the most taboo for such a rough man to fumble around, these cloths are delicate, you have checked every car like this, turned around in a mess, and hurt the cloth, what can the little girl do? If you sold it at a good price and lost money, how should your lord accompany you?"
The soldiers around rarely saw such a beautiful woman, not only her eyebrows and eyes were gentle, she was charming and charming, and her words were pleasant to hear.
For a while, many people were dumbfounded.
Mei Shuyan was silent, he is a gentleman, he would not be disturbed by this woman, but his doubts were even worse, although he had never seen Ye Lanying, but seeing this woman showing her face at this time, he was very sure that this woman was Ye Lanying. Lan Ying.
However, twenty carts of cloth are really twenty carts of cloth, what should he do