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On the evening of April 22nd, the mansion of Gongzhou Zhizhou in Ba County, Shu Kingdom was full of guests, and the lights were brightly lit. There were people drinking wine in the hall. Tang Zhengsu and Xue Qimeng, two great talents of Shu Kingdom, both His face was glowing red. Tang Zhengsu was doing better and could still maintain his shape, but Xue Qimeng was a little drunk and talked loudly and endlessly.

At this time, Song Zheng had already used the excuse that he was too drunk and finally escaped and returned to the post house. Sitting in his room, Song Zheng frowned and remained silent.

This was already the fourteenth day after leaving Chengdu. The mission's march to Ba County was extremely slow. You must know that when Song Zheng arrived, it had only been half a month from Fengjie to Chengdu.

There was no other reason. Because the Shu State attached great importance to this mission and had a feeling of repaying its gratitude to Song Zheng, it ordered all the states along the way to receive it grandly. At this time, the Shu State went through a rebellion. Although the court did not make it public, after nearly two After more than a month of fermentation, the news has slowly spread. In particular, Lang Zhengchun began to mobilize some local officials, hoping to thoroughly cleanse Lang Boyan's legacy in a gentle and drizzle way.

If you reach the level of Zhizhou, you can be considered a high-ranking official in the Shu Kingdom, and you still have political wisdom. Therefore, you try every means to show your loyalty to the court. Unfortunately, officials at the level of Zhizhou are not big or small. , it’s not that easy to get through.

Just in time, the opportunity came. The envoy from the Kingdom of Shu was about to pass by the door. Not only that, the legendary Qi envoy Song Zheng was deeply respected by the prince of the dynasty, and he was very close to the prince. And the chief and deputy envoys of the mission were both princes. How could you let go of such an opportunity to curry favor? So all the states along the way made arrangements to receive them, for fear of not taking good care of them. Even the governors of neighboring states and counties went to the places where the mission passed and tried their best to send them to Put some thought into it.

Tang Zhengsu and Xue Qimeng were Shu officials, so they couldn't be so blatant and could only express it secretly, but Song Zheng was the envoy of Qi, so it didn't matter if they sent too many gifts. So, for nearly half a month after leaving Chengdu, they had endless banquets every day. Guang Chengyi Song Zheng received more than 20,000 taels of silver.

Although Song Zheng cares about money, his mind is currently flying to Jiangning and he really has no time for mushrooms. Unfortunately, when Lang Bochuan encouraged Lang Zhengchun to issue the order, he did not discuss it with Song Zheng, so there was a problem with drinking every day. , there is money coming into the account every day, nothing can stop it.

When Song Zheng first came out of the Chengdu Prefecture, he took back some Cheng Yi and sent it away. It was normal in this era. But after a little counting, he realized that something was wrong. For such a small state as Jianzhou, he only sent away 1,500 taels. silver.

The communication between the officials of the various states was much faster than the journey of the mission. When they left Jianzhou and entered Zizhou, they sent two thousand taels. The state increased the amount. Even if Song Zheng refused, they still had a way to send it to Song Dynasty through sergeants. Zheng's car.

The most ridiculous thing is that when Song Zheng arrived in Changzhou, the magistrate of Jianzhou heard that Zizhou had sent 500 taels more than him, so he sent someone to catch up with the envoy and sent another 800 taels, which made Song Zheng dumbfounded. .Every state along the way just sent it off, and even the neighboring states came to join in the fun. In Rongzhou, Puzhou, and Hezhou, the governors or chief ministers of the state came to the post to greet Cheng Yi one after another.

There is no shortage of tricks when it comes to giving gifts. Antiques, calligraphy, paintings, and jewelry were all released one after another, and later, beauties also appeared on the scene. Now, there are four beauties in the room next to Song Zheng, all of them are gorgeous and speak softly. Definitely a good person to serve people.

No? That’s easy. Anyway, I sent them to you, so let them follow you and deal with them as you wish. Tang Zhengsu and Xue Qimeng probably took advantage of others and took turns to persuade Song Zheng. Song Zheng was really kind and hard to refuse. , and I can’t fall out over such a thing.

In the end, Song Zheng became too lazy and stopped asking about the matter. When the money came, he kept it. When the beauties came, he also kept it. Whether he took it or not, Song Zheng did not touch them. He was preparing to get Jiang Ning. , to be the wives of the brothers under my command.

Of course it's a good thing to be polite, but it wastes time too much. Damn it, it's been half a month since we left Chengdu, and we've only gone halfway to Shu. How can we not make Song Zheng upset? At this rate, it will take another half month to reach Fengjie. . Even if we take a boat all the way down from Fengjie, we will not reach Jiangning in less than ten days.

No! I don't know what's going on with Jiang Ning. Especially what he took out from Jiang Kui made Song Zheng frightened. If something happened to Jiang Ning, there wouldn't even be a place to cry.

Song Zheng made up his mind to leave the mission tomorrow, take some guards with him, and go alone.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

"who!"

"Master Song, there is a messenger from Qi State outside the door, named Cai Yong, who is here to see you." The guard outside the door said.

Song Zheng stood up suddenly and said, "Please come in quickly." The Shu guards did not know Cai Yong, but Song Zheng knew it well. When leaving Jiangning, Cai Yong was assigned as the deputy commander of Jiangning Yousi, and he could be regarded as his confidant Qian Fan. Read it all. Why did he come? And he went directly to the post house to meet him. Song Zheng had a vague feeling that something was not good.

After a while, Cai Yong came in under the leadership of two people, followed by two Shu guards.

"Cai Yong, an emissary from the Ministry of Rites, comes to see you, sir." Cai Yong had a stern look on his face. He knelt on the ground and looked at Song Zheng, but his eyes were full of fire.

Song Zheng also suppressed his excitement and nodded with dignity, "Pingshen, who are these two people behind you?"

"Zhang Mao (Yuan Zhang), my lord." The two men behind also saluted.

Song Zheng also nodded. At this time, Cai Yong presented the identity document. Song Zheng pretended to turn it over and ordered the Shu guards to go down.

After closing the door, Cai Yong secretly winked, and Song Zheng knew what was going on. No longer pretentious, he stepped forward and took Cai Yong's hand, "Hurry, sit down! Why are you here?" and signaled again. Zhang Mao and Yuan Zhang also sat down.

Zhang Mao and Yuan Zhang glanced at Cai Yong, but Cai Yong explained to Song Zheng, "These two are brothers from Yousi, who escorted me here." Then he said to the two of them, "You two, Stand guard outside the door."

The two men hugged Song Zheng and went out without saying a word, replacing the original Shu guards.

Seeing this behavior, Song Zheng realized that something big must have happened in Jiangning, and his expression changed. However, he still poured a glass of water for Cai Yong, "Sit down first, drink a glass of water, and tell me slowly if you have anything to do." .”

Cai Yong drank the tea with a gulp, "Sir, I came here pretending to be a messenger this time. Thanks to the help of Mr. Fan Zhitong from Shuguan, I stamped the official seal."

Song Zheng's hand trembled and he hummed quietly. When he looked through the documents just now, he had already noticed something suspicious. He was very clear about the seals of the officials of the Ministry of Rites of Daqi. There were forged official documents in the right department. The ability is so vivid that only a veteran like Song Zheng can distinguish it.

However, the seal of the Shu Pass was real. Song Zheng was a little strange just now, but now he understood it, but his mind became more and more heavy. It is definitely not a small matter for Fan Zhitong to help send Qi State out. .

Cai Yong said solemnly, "Sir, Mr. Mu sent the young man here this time to report to you the situation in Jiangning as soon as possible so that you can make preparations. At the same time, he also wanted to show you what to do next. Without your order , Master Mu can’t make up his mind. Of course, Master Mu wants you to go back as soon as possible if possible.”

Song Zheng nodded, "First tell me about the situation in Jiangning. Is there something wrong?"

"Yes, there is a lot of turmoil in Jiangning right now. I'm afraid something big is going to happen."

Next, Cai Yong introduced the situation, and Song Zheng was dumbfounded. He did not expect that Jiangning's situation deteriorated so quickly.

Things started after Pang Tong came to power.

First, Huang Song, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, suddenly claimed to be ill at home. The reason was that Muyu secretly reported Lian Shui'er's matter to Huang Yuandu. Huang Yuandu was furious and forced Huang Song to stay home sick and put him under house arrest.

However, other information reported by Muyu was not dealt with, but on the surface they adopted a cooperative attitude with Pangtong, and everything was fine for the time being.

Things changed a lot after the Spring Festival.

On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, Pang Tong suddenly submitted a letter to impeach Qiao Zhenchuan, the governor of Shandong Pass, saying that he indulged his subordinates and made transactions with Daikin without going through the market, resulting in a large loss of customs duties. In the end, Qiao Zhenchuan resigned.

Immediately afterwards, the little emperor ordered a strict investigation into the salary issue. Pang Tong took action and dismissed or dismissed the generals at all levels who were close to the prince Pang Hui. They were replaced by a group of new people. According to Muyu's investigation, this group of people may have grown up. Perhaps they are all Pang Tong's old subordinates.

For a time, the forces left behind by Pangtong were purged. This is understandable, as the emperor and his ministers always wanted to seize military power.

But this time, the young emperor provided full support to Pang Tong because the problem of empty wages broke out. Emperor Pang Ying had long known about the problem of empty wages, but it was just because the war in Guanzhong had not been dealt with.

After Yang Zhen finally took office at Xijingguan, after the Spring Festival, he started the big operation.

Huang Yuandu watched with a cold eye at first, but later on, the purge became bigger and bigger. Because the little emperor hated the issue of empty wages so much, he let Pang Tong handle it, and punished all those involved, which made the Qi army frightened.

Huang Yuandu saw that something was not right about the situation and presented the petition many times, but was rejected by the young emperor. Later, he even refused to see Huang Yuandu.

On the 20th of last month, something big happened to the Imperial Guard Army of Da Qi. Wang Yan, the supervisor of the Imperial Guard Army, who was one of Huang Jiao’s confidants, Eunuch Hen, suddenly died in the Imperial Guard Army camp, causing a stir. There was an uproar.

The capital guards and city guards of Da Qi were all served by eunuchs sent from the palace. Because these two armies guarded the capital, the palace would definitely send people to monitor them. As a supervisor, Wang Yan died inexplicably. How could he No vibration?

The last time He Kuan in the city guard died, it was Pang Hui who used the poisonous salt case to eliminate it. Under the premise of the poisoning in the Duke's Mansion, it didn't cause much trouble. However, Wang Yan's death was eliminated by Pang Tong. At the moment of dissent, it is easy to create associations.

As we all know, the Du Wei Army was trained by Huang Yuandu, originally to counter Pang Hui. This army has always been under Huang Yuandu's control. The Du Wei Army controls Huang Feng, who was originally Huang Yuandu's nephew.

Wang Yan's identity is not trivial. Even Huang Jiao was furious, not to mention the young emperor Pang Ying, who immediately ordered a thorough investigation of the case. This case is also very simple. Once investigated, it was clear: Wang Yan was poisoned to death.

The person who poisoned him was a sergeant in charge of cooking, but the sergeant disappeared. It was not until a few days later that the sergeant's body was found in a forest twenty miles outside the Duwei barracks.

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