Chapter 234&
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If it weren't for the lack of moonlight tonight, the maid in the inner courtyard would have seen Chen Cao from where he was.
Under a big banyan tree, Chen Cao used the firelight of Yin'an Palace to clearly see the Kong woman walking out of the sedan chair and walking towards the room on the far right.
Because the Chengyun Hall in the Central Courtyard was welcoming guests, the maids and eunuchs of the palace were basically waiting in the Chengyun Hall. There were not too many maids around the Yin'an Hall. When the maid guarding in front of the room left for something, Chen Cao immediately took something from his arms. He took out a silk handkerchief, wrapped it around his face, and ran over quietly.
Gently opening the door to the room, Mrs. Kong probably heard the sound and said: "Xiaoyu, take these clothes out and wash them. They smell bad after being stained with incense. The prince will not like it if he smells it later..."
"Damn thief, do you know where this is..."
Chen Cao knew that Kong had been embarrassed several times, so he whispered: "I don't want to change my name, but I don't want to change my surname. The flower-picking thief Chu Liuxiang is..."
As he spoke, Chen Cao turned his hand into a knife and struck Kong on the back of his neck with his palm. Kong groaned and fainted.
Chen Cao picked up his pants and ran for a while. When he reached the garden behind Chengyun Hall, he heard a noise.
"I'm tired, you go first, I will go back..."
"Then be careful, the prince is still waiting for me..."
Chen Cao looked carefully at the weak light and saw that the man was Zhu Yifan, the king of Leling County.
"What is this guy doing here?"
Damn it, Zhu Yifan is so courageous, he actually dares to steal incense and jade here with the people from Prince Lu's Mansion...
"I tell you to leave quickly. There are plenty of opportunities when praying..."
"A certain Chu Liuxiang, a famous flower-picking thief in the Ming Dynasty, hahaha..."
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Four days later, Zhao Xin and Zhang Fengnian rushed to Yanzhou. Not long after, Chen Cao announced that the entire Dingwu Army would return to Songjiang Prefecture and rush to Denglai to board a warship.
"My lord, my subordinate has just arrived in Yanzhou and received news from Tiqi, saying that Prince Lu's palace has paid a lot of money to find a big thief named Chu Liuxiang..."
Zhao Xin rode beside Chen Cao: "I heard that this thief broke into Prince Lu's Mansion and stole the gold and jade cup that Emperor Xuanzong rewarded Prince Lu's Mansion. King Lu offered a reward of one hundred thousand taels to find this person..."
Chen Cao smiled happily: "The things given by Emperor Xuanzong were stolen. This Chu Liuxiang really has some tricks..."
Zhao Xin said with a lewd look on his face: "I'm afraid my father-in-law doesn't know. According to the royal palace's spies, I heard that Chu Liuxiang stole things and also picked flowers from the palace..."
"Oh..." Chen Cao raised his brows with an ambiguous expression: "This guy is a bit interesting. The one hundred thousand taels are short, and we need five hundred thousand taels. After all, it is related to the face of the palace. Do you know who the female relatives are? Got hurt?"
"It is said that there are concubines of King Lu, and there are also concubines of King Lu..."
"It's none of your business, just hang it up. Just treat it as gossip and forget about it. Go to Penglai Pavilion quickly..."
Sun Guozhen originally wanted to board the warship to express his gratitude to Chen Cao, but was stopped at the dock, and Chen Cao returned the one million taels of military expenses that Sun Guozhen originally gave to Sun Guozhen untouched.
This move made Sun Guozhen sigh with emotion, and he bowed to the huge Dingwu ship on the dock...
Wei Zhongxian and Hakka had a narrow escape. After they were rescued, they had no idea who the masters were. They blindfolded themselves and rode in a carriage for several days in a daze. In the end, they were pulled staggeringly onto a warship. .
At this moment, Wei Zhongxian and Hakka, who were sitting in the cabin, were still blindfolded and their hands were tied behind their backs.
After a while, footsteps sounded, and Wei Zhongxian clearly heard the chaotic footsteps, which meant that there were many people coming in.
"My subordinates rushed to Hejian Prefecture, found out their whereabouts in Xian County, chased all the way, and finally met their convoy in Fucheng County;
When the subordinates arrived, the two sides were already fighting. The people who ambushed them had firearms. The dead men under Wei Eunuch suffered heavy casualties. Fortunately, the subordinates went down in time and saved their lives. If it had been a moment later, they would have been killed. The only ones that arrived were probably corpses;
Another person was captured alive, and the man confessed that they were indeed the servants of Marquis Fengcheng, and there were also many soldiers belonging to the Right Army Governor's Mansion;
When the emperor heard that Eunuch Wei had raised a large group of dead soldiers after leaving the capital, he was furious and changed the previously prepared ambush into an open attack. The attack failed. I believe the emperor was in a bad mood..."
Wei Zhongxian heard clearly, and it was obvious that his main person was in the cabin, because the person who spoke called himself a 'subordinate': "I don't know which hero is in front of me? Our family is Wei Zhongxian, the former chief of etiquette, thank you very much We have a lot of money left in our family that can be donated to the hero. Thank you very much for the hero’s life-saving grace.”
"I didn't save you because of your money..."
This sound...
Why does this sound familiar?
Although Keshi was blindfolded, she had sex with Chen Cao several times, and the voice was all too familiar: "You are...Chen Cao..."
Wei Zhongxian trembled in his heart: "Chen... Duke Liang..."
After taking off the blindfold, Chen Cao sat across from them with a golden sword, surrounded by colorful Jinyi guards and officers and soldiers of the Dingwu Army.
Keshi was excited when she saw Chen Cao, but at this moment Chen Cao had a cold face. Thinking of what he had done before, he was immediately discouraged.
Wei Zhongxian couldn't speak no matter what, because the person who saved him turned out to be the person he hated deeply.
"Eunuch Wei, what does it feel like to escape from death?"
Zhao Xinli stood by and scolded: "Gundog, Duke Liang asked you a question, but you still don't answer?"
"Our family..." Wei Zhongxian felt uncomfortable in his heart: "Our family has thanked Duke Liang Guo for his great kindness..."
Chen Cao clapped his hands on his knees and sighed: "Eunuch Wei never thought that one day he would be able to save his subordinate, right?
Things are really unpredictable. If I hadn't sent someone to rescue you, your heads would have been taken back to the capital by now. "
Wei Zhongxian lowered his head and did not answer. The nine thousand-year-old man was now ashamed.
Chen Cao looked at the Hakka family again: "Mrs. Feng Sheng, I, Chen Cao, got the title of slave of the third surname from you. Do you have anything to say?"
Keshi regretted it now. When Chen Cao volunteered himself, he should have adhered to his principles and taken him under his command. At least she would not have ended up like this. But now that her status has been reversed, she can no longer be fierce.
"Why don't I say it for you?" Chen Cao stood up and walked to the Hakka family: "As long as nothing happens to the emperor, you will always be a powerful figure, so you look down on me, a little person who took the initiative to throw himself into my arms. After all, I Eunuch Wei once relied on Eunuch Wei to come to power. Furthermore, you and Eunuch Wei had some minor conflicts at that time, but if you think about it carefully, you and he are in the same boat. Therefore, betraying me, a little thing, is like you in the palace. It's like squeezing a little palace maid to death...
The Jin Yiwei captured eight pregnant maids in your mansion. Madam Feng Sheng, you were originally destined to be killed with a stick. You can survive, thanks to me. If the emperor hadn't been concerned about your son and brother serving in our army, I guess that after you are beaten to death with a stick, your bones will be crushed in the Jingle Hall..."
Keshi was trembling all over. She no longer knew how to answer Chen Cao.
"What I'm most angry about is that I had already chosen to be loyal to you wholeheartedly, but you betrayed me. Madeleine made the civil servants in the court laugh at me for being a slave with three surnames. But if I have a bad reputation, I will be bad. No, I don’t care..."
"My lord, the official document from the capital..."
Zhao Xin took the official document and handed it to Chen Cao.
"Mr. Liang Guo, I..."
Chen Cao waved his hand to interrupt Hakka's words, then looked at the official document, and then waved it in front of Hakka: "Mr. Wen of the General Affairs Department, the emperor was furious when he received the news that you were kidnapped, so the emperor thought of an idea. An order was given to me, asking Guangxian, Hou Guoxing and Liu Zeqing to be passengers on my bus. In addition to my meritorious service in chasing down the slaves, I will let go of the blame. I also said that as long as I give five million taels, I will change my title to another. ;
Do you think I will accept this will or not? "
