Li Zengzhi had just returned from Jingzhou to clean up the army and supervise military preparations and pay the army. It was the end of the year. There were many documents that needed his personal instructions. After being busy for several days, he also went to Jiujiang to visit his eldest brother Li Jinglong who was unemployed at home. Then he returned to Nanjing full of travel. Governor's Mansion.
Just after dinner and nightfall, he was ready to get into bed and sleep.
The maid waited on Li Zengzhi to finish soaking his feet. Li Zengzhi held a cup of warm ginseng tea and sipped it happily, thinking about which concubine's card to turn over later, but the housekeeper came to report that Jiang Ayan wanted to see him.
"Didn't you tell him not to come during this period?" Li Zengzhi frowned, "Did he say anything?"
"He only said that if there is something important, he must tell the master face to face."
Li Zengzhi thought for a while: "Let him wait in the study!"
Putting on warm shoes, Li Zengzhi deliberately waited for Jiang Ayan to drink a cup of tea, and then slowly came to the study.
The housekeeper accompanied Jiang Ayan and sat on the floor in the study. When he saw the master coming, he wisely closed the study door and left.
"Captain!"
"What's the matter?"
Jiang Ayan came closer and whispered: "Tian Yanze was arrested by the Jin Yiwei, and he is currently being held in the imperial prison."
"When did it happen?" It seemed that Li Zengzhi didn't know yet. His face looked a little solemn.
"The one who was just escorted into Beijing this morning."
Li Zengzhi's solemn expression softened slightly: "It's still not too late..."
"How about saying hello to the brothers in prison and asking them to give him to..." Jiang Ayan made a gesture of wiping his neck.
"Don't get involved in this matter, I'll take care of it!" Li Zengzhi paced back and forth in the study.
Li Zengzhi was still undecided whether to save Tian Yanze or abandon the chess piece. But whether it's killing or saving, the fewer people who know about it, the better. Moreover, most of these servants have no clue what they are talking about. Maybe two or two horses will urinate and all will be exposed like a show off.
What's more, Jiang Ayan is a man who is brave but not very clever. It's okay to let him do the job of lending money, collecting interest, and shouting and killing.
If you use your own people, you will end up being involved.
It is safer to handle this matter personally.
It's not that it's difficult to save. As long as the emperor is not alerted, it will be easy for him, a former military commander, to be sent to prison from the Imperial Guard. But is Tian Yanze still worth saving?
As for giving up, it seems that I can’t give up. When Tian Yanze was taken in, through his status as a loyal minister and righteous man, he gathered many rebels who also "served Jianwen's death". Among them were Tie Xuan's descendants, Zhuo Jing's brothers, and Chen Di, the crown prince of the Jianwen Dynasty, who was sent to Shandong. Chen Zhu, the son of the border guard in Dengzhou Prefecture, and others, and through them, have also developed many forces in other border armies. It can be said that there are now their people in the important towns on the nine borders!
It’s not that Tian Yanze’s appeal is so strong, but if he abandons him, others will definitely lose confidence and trust in him. If he wants to achieve something in one fell swoop, he will be affected to some extent. It is unknown whether he is exposed or betrayed.
So whether to abandon him or save him, Li Zengzhi had a headache. When his head hurt, his steps became more messy.
It’s tasteless to eat, it’s a pity to throw it away!
Li Zengzhi didn't know that Tian Yanze was arrested because of Jiang Ayan's betrayal. Although as a governor, he had spies everywhere, he couldn't know everything, and the spies wouldn't focus on someone he trusted. subordinates.
If I knew, I would be so angry that I would vomit blood.
Jiang Ayan also had good intentions. Seeing Tian Yanze killing people unscrupulously in Jiaofangsi, he was afraid that Li Zengzhi would be implicated as a result, so he came up with this trick, intending to use the hands of Yang Fang, a small flag officer of the Jinyiwei, to get rid of Tian Yanze. Throw the pot far away.
Otherwise, how can we say that Jiang Ayan is not very smart! Although the Jin Yiwei can kill at will, they only kill for the emperor and themselves.
The emperor doesn't want to kill people, and he doesn't want to kill them. Naturally, he will arrest them first and then interrogate them!
Well now, it's self-defeating.
Jiang Ayan knew that it was self-defeating. Although his brain was not very good, he was not brainless. Of course he would not take the initiative to confess, but he was still chattering: "This kid Tian Yanze, I told him to stop a long time ago. He didn't listen. It's weird." who?"
"Okay, okay! Stop talking!" Li Zengzhi waved his hand impatiently, "You go down first!"
"Yes... I am resigning." Seeing Li Zengzhi's appearance, Jiang Ayan did not dare to say anything more and bowed and retreated.
His feet were sore from walking in the study, so Li Zengzhi sat down, thinking that Ji Gang, the commander of the Jinyi Guards Command, would hold a New Year's Eve banquet in a few days, and he would be able to say hello to him then.
I'm just very confused and can't make up my mind whether to keep Tian Yanze as a chess piece?
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In addition to Li Zengzhi looking for Ji Gang, there is another person who is also looking for Ji Gang.
She is a woman, but not more rong.
This woman is also a Taoist priest;
As a Taoist priest, he looks like a moon-shy flower sinking into a fish and a geese. He is completely unlike a monk who has seen through the world of mortals.
It’s hard to imagine how such a beautiful woman could see through the mortal world and become a Taoist priest?
On the contrary, she became a Taoist priest because she could not stand the world of mortals.
A beautiful Taoist priest, commonly known as Chen Wanran, met Tian Qinhe when he was traveling and developed feelings for him. However, Tian Qinhe seemed indifferent to her feelings and resolutely returned to his Taoist temple to be his bad Taoist priest.
It's not that Taoist priests can't marry and have children, it depends on what sect you belong to.
Tian Qinhe doesn't belong to any sect, so he can naturally marry a wife and have children.
Chen Wanran didn't believe that he really saw through the world that Hongchen was not interested in her, so she resolutely followed him to the Kunshan Taoist Temple, put on Taoist robes and became his junior sister...
Didn't Tian Qinhe want to learn Taoism? She just deliberately wanted to dangle in front of his eyes!
As mentioned before, Tian Qinhe is Tian Yanze, Huang Ze’s second brother, Huang Yu.
Tian Qinhe was also upset when he learned that his younger brother had been arrested. Today, Chen Wanran wandered in front of him again and disturbed his meditation. He finally lost his temper and said:
"I heard that the commander of the Imperial Guard, Ji Gang, likes beautiful women."
Chen Wanran is a beauty, an out-and-out beauty.
Chen Wanran looked at Tian Qinhe, waiting for him to say his next sentence.
Tian Qinhe's throat rolled a few times, and finally he said: "If you can bring back my fourth brother, I will take off this robe, marry you, and make you my wife."
Regardless of whether Tian Qinhe was trying to save his younger brother or force Chen Wanran away - either way, it was all out of selfishness. Even if he married her, it would not be sincere.
But Chen Wanran still went down the mountain without hesitation...
Even if he knew, he would probably never come back...
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Tian Yanze was imprisoned in the cold and damp prison. Fortunately for him, he was not tortured on the first day.
As the New Year approaches, everyone is busy, including Jin Yiwei! The process of trying a case also takes time. Even if a big case is actually tried, the reward based on merit will probably have to wait until later in the year.
So everyone’s enthusiasm is not very high.
Tian Yanze is also struggling with whether to bear it to the end and die under the punishment, or to reveal everything he knows.
Although I know that even if I reveal my identity as a traitor to the Party, I will still die in the end, but it was Li Zengzhi who was unkind in the first place, so don’t blame me for being unjust!
If it hadn't been for Li Zengzhi, he might have been executed along with his clan members. Not only did Li Zengzhi take him in, he also invited a coach to teach him eighteen martial arts. Tian Yanze was also grateful for this and always felt that Governor Li was a person who could achieve great things.
Follow him, and your great revenge will definitely be avenged!
But since Li Zengzhi and his brother were impeached, and then Li Jinglong was put under house arrest, Tian Yanze became more and more out of control. One day, he met a like-minded person and finally went on a killing spree in Jiaofangsi!
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