The night was dark, and a dozen red-clad and golden-armored Qianniu Guards were guarding the black carriage.
More Nanchang Palace soldiers were scattered further down the street, not giving any assassins a chance to get close.
The car curtains swayed and moonlight came in.
Du Liu, who was sitting opposite Li Xuan, had a clear face.
Although he is wearing a man's robe, his face is thin, elegant and dignified, his eyes are bright, and his eyebrows are as dark as black. He looks very heroic and admirable.
Li Xuan, and Du Liu.
Now there are only two of them in the carriage.
Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Du Liu and asked, "Brother Xian, I wonder if my uncle can return to Zhuji tomorrow?"
Du Liu held up his hands and said seriously: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, my father will not delay His business."
"That's good. I will stay in Zhuji for at most half a day, and then I will rush to Dongyang." Li Xuan leaned back slightly.
Du Liu's father, Du Bixing, was from the Du clan in Jingzhao. He served in Wuzhou in his early years. Later, due to health reasons, he resigned and lived in Zhuji.
The person who came to Jingye to recommend Li Xuan was Du Bixing.
Du Bixing has been in Hangwu for many years and knows the local situation well.
Especially about the Tianyin Sect, he even knew some secrets that even the secret guards had not grasped.
Li Xuan is going to break the situation in Wuzhou this time, and the information provided by Du Bixing may be very critical.
"The prince looks worried, but what kind of trouble did he encounter at the naval captain's office?" Du Liu asked Li Xuan cautiously.
Although she is a woman, she dares to come to Hangzhou alone to find Li Xuan, and her eyesight and skills are extraordinary.
Li Xuan nodded and said solemnly: "They are pirates. I and Captain Ji both suspect that if something happens in Hangzhou, the pirates will take the opportunity to attack Hangzhou and the Wuyue states and cooperate with the Tianyin Sect to attack the city. That will be a big problem." Already."
"Tianyin Sect, pirates, pirates?" Du Liu looked solemn, chewing on the word "pirates", finally looked at Li Xuan, and said in a deep voice: "I know a little bit about the pirates. The Zhoushan pirates have a long history, but if we trace their roots, they are Sun En."
"Sun En!" Li Xuan heard the name, nodded in agreement, and said softly: "Sun En's family has been worshiping the Five Dou Rice Road for generations. He is a descendant of the Yongjia Nandu family and Sun Xiu. He was born in the Sun family of Langya, but was born in Kuaiji. He was the third son of Long'an in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. In 1999, Sun En rebelled and proclaimed himself General Zhengdong. A few years later, Sun En failed to attack Linhai County and committed suicide by jumping into the sea. The rest of the army was led by his brother-in-law Lu Xun, but Lu Xun was also captured by the Eastern Jin Dynasty a few years later. Destroy."
General Zhengdong, conquered the east of Zhejiang, the land under Li Xuan's feet.
Du Liu said with a solemn expression: "Your Majesty, I don't know. Although Sun En's party was wiped out, some descendants still have it passed down. Although Sun En's banner has long since ceased, the teachings of the Five Pecks of Rice Sect are still being passed down internally. , Your Majesty is a disciple of the Taoist sect, and you should know the difference between the Five Pecks of Rice Sect of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Tianshi Sect of today."
"The teachings of the Five Pecks of Rice Sect in the Southern and Northern Dynasties were confusing, and it was often used by those who wanted to start rebellions, claiming to be Taoist kings, generals, etc... Later, two real people, Lu Jingxiu and Kou Qianzhi, revised the teachings and perfected the fasting rituals, which is today's Xintianshi Sect. ." Li Xuan is naturally very clear about this history.
"That's right." Du Liu looked at Li Xuan and said seriously: "Today, within the Southeast Sea Bandits, the Five Dou Rice Sect is the core inheritance, believes in the Five Dou Star Lord, and is led by the Sea Bandits General, plundering assets and invading the sea. It is very abominable. , now it seems that his heart is much more than that."
After a slight pause, Du Liu continued: "My court has an order not to build ships privately and go to sea. Therefore, those who go to sea have always been mainly official ships, accompanied by ships from other aristocratic families. The pirates have always robbed these ships, as well as convenience ships. It is a foreign ship that comes to our country for trade, and it is also the focus of the navy's protection."
"Yes!" Li Xuan nodded, looked at Du Liu, and asked with heavy breathing: "According to Captain Ji, the pirates hiding on the outer islands of Zhoushan have been very quiet recently."
"This is abnormal, extremely abnormal!" Du Liu's face instantly became extremely solemn.
The outer islands of Zhoushan hide pirates, who sometimes enter Kou Mingzhou, Kuozhou, Suzhou and other places.
Coming from the West
Persian ships, Jia ships in the Western Regions were often plundered by them.
Although the Zhoushan pirates possess astonishing wealth, they are also difficult to completely eradicate.
Over the years, there have been repeated disputes with the Hangzhou Navy, but even with the support of the imperial court, the Navy could not completely eliminate it and could only drive it away from the main channel as much as possible.
It is now June and July, and there are countless trading ships coming from the south.
This is the time when pirates frequently move to capture and make money, but they are abnormally silent. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that there is something wrong.
"Hangzhou, they are targeting Hangzhou." Du Liu's face turned very ugly for a moment, and he gritted his teeth and said, "It seems that they have indeed joined forces with the Tianyin bandits."
"Joining forces is definitely possible, but the target may not necessarily be Hangzhou." Li Xuan shook her head calmly and said: "The Zhoushan bandits have a very wide range of action. They can go straight down to Quanfu in the south, up to Suyang in the north, and directly into Hangzhou in the east. . Although they will not fight head-on with the Hangzhou navy, if chaos breaks out inside Hangzhou first and the Zhoushan bandits take advantage of the opportunity, Hangzhou may be in danger. But in my opinion, the Zhoushan bandits are just taking advantage of the situation to rob them. On land, we no longer have support, and our biggest enemy is still the Tianyin Sect."
"What the prince said is true. They are not the same kind of people." Du Liu looked slightly relaxed and nodded: "The bandits in Zhoushan are insidious and cunning. They may not believe what the Tianyin Sect said. After all, the Hangzhou navy is not good. Provoke... Unless the Hangzhou Navy is trapped first, then they will take action... But if they are allowed to completely destroy the Hangzhou Navy, then the entire Hangzhou and the entire Wuyue land will be corrupted."
At this point, even Du Liu's own expression became terrifying.
Li Xuan nodded. Although the probability of such a thing happening in the Tang Dynasty was not high, it happened frequently in the Song and Ming Dynasties. Once it happened, there would be a river of blood. If there were more Japanese pirates to disrupt the situation...
"The key to this matter lies with the Hangzhou Navy itself. As long as Hangzhou itself is not in chaos, others will have no chance." Li Xuan looked coldly and solemnly, and said word by word: "Hangzhou cannot be in chaos, so there are hidden dangers in Hangzhou. All have to be found.
Now, the power of Master Qi, the Wei family, Wanxiang, Wusheng, and Zhenzhuan have all been destroyed, but there are other sects of the Demon Sect, as well as the main force of the Tianyin thieves, who are still hiding in secret. I have a feeling, What they are doing now is attracting the attention of me and Governor Yuan. "
"Even the Xia family is the same?" Du Liu looked at Li Xuan in disbelief.
"What if!" Li Xuan's light words made Du Liu shiver involuntarily.
If this is the case, how ambitious the Tianyin thief must be.
"No, no, the prince is overthinking it." Du Liu quickly waved his hands. He simply couldn't believe Li Xuan's speculation and was afraid to believe it.
The top six families of the Sixteenth Wuyue Family specialize in officialdom, the middle five families are closely involved in many industries such as silk, tea, salt and iron, grain, and mining, and the last five families are intertwined with each other and involve people from all walks of life. They all have them, and the Wei family and the Xia family are two of the five lowest families.
For example, the water transportation that the Wei family was involved in, although it was specifically responsible for transporting raw silk and weaving utensils, occasionally involved salt, iron, and grain.
However, the Xia family is mainly involved in the silk dyeing industry, but the profits are not high. Now they are also moving into transportation and other industries.
Although there is some suspicion of breaking the rules, if the entire Xia family is gone, then why do they need these rules, so they feel unscrupulous in doing things. new
Under such circumstances, other families also took a step back to give the Xia family a chance to survive.
"There must be something wrong with Jin Ji, the captain of the city gate, so I have asked Lieutenant Ji to ask Governor Yuan to suspend all duties of Jin Ji. As for the position of the captain of the city gate, he will be promoted from the navy. Candidates are temporarily appointed.
If Jin Ji is proven innocent in the end, he will be reinstated and I will personally apologize to him. However, if he is proven guilty in the end, I will be the executioner myself and chop off his head with one knife. "Li Xuan's face turned extremely cold in an instant.
"If this is the case, it will be too late." Du Liu looked at Li Xuan and said slightly worriedly, "My lord,
, if there is a mistake, will this force him to the Tianyin Sect instead? "
"No." Li Xuan actually agreed directly. When Du Liu looked surprised, Li Xuan said coldly: "It is unlikely that Jin Ji was a disciple of the Tianyin Sect from the beginning. Otherwise, , now that such an important chess piece is easily thrown away, the Tianyin Sect has suffered a huge loss. It is very likely that Jin Ji was caught by the Tianyin Sect, and the Tianyin thief has now thrown away Zong Ling and Xin. See two chess pieces, and then throw out Jin Ji and the Xia family to attract the attention of the court."
Whether it is Jin Ji or the Xia family, there are undoubtedly problems, but their value to the Tianyin Sect is not great.
It is precisely because of this that Tianyin Sect can easily throw them out to attract the attention of the court.
Hearing what Li Xuan said, Du Liu nodded subconsciously, but then said: "But if they are just pawns to be used, it would be too unlucky."
Li Xuan looked at Du Liu in surprise, Du Liu's face was full of regret.
Looking at Du Liu's overly young face, Li Xuan felt a little funny. Not everyone was as decisive and cold-blooded as him.
"In any case, Jin Ji and the Xia family must have huge problems. Therefore, the Tianyin Sect can greatly influence them. They can even take direct action suddenly and completely control them. If we relax, then if we fail in the future, The consequences could be disastrous."
Li Xuan shook his head slightly, but then he said with a smile: "Okay, what are we talking about? Whether it's the Jin Plan or the Xia family, it's all Hangzhou's problem. What we need to do is rush to Wuzhou , solve the hidden secrets of Tianyin Goddess in Wuzhou, and completely ensure the safety of Wuzhou."
Li Xuan smiled somewhat relaxedly. These things will be borne by Yuan Jiazuo in the future.
Whether it's a gold plan or the Xia family, there are countless relatives and friends in Hangzhou. If you really want to touch them, countless people will come to intercede immediately. Even if the governor's office wants something else, , will also be tied up in this matter.
Perhaps this is the Tianyin Sect's plan. This is a conspiracy that no one can avoid. Now it depends on whether Yuan Jiazuo has the ability to reveal all the truth in a few days like Di Renjie and Hai Rui did.
"Tell us about Wuzhou. What do you and your father think is the biggest problem in Wuzhou today?" As she said that, Li Xuan glanced out the car window. At the end of the long street in the distance was the inn, and they returned to the inn.
"Dongyang." Du Liu looked solemn and said seriously to Li Xuan: "I think the prince must have received information about the price of grain in Dongyang, as well as the price of salt, iron and other commodities rising sharply for a period of time, as well as silk, but at the same time The price of silk has been slipping all the way, does the prince know what this means?"
Li Xuan nodded lightly and said, "Some people are purchasing grain, salt and iron on a large scale, and at the same time selling silk on a large scale."
Du Liu nodded in agreement, and then said: "The large-scale purchase of grain is naturally due to the large number of personnel exchanges. The large-scale sale of silk is not because he has no confidence in the future of silk. I am afraid it may be more because of the large number of people in his hands. There is a large amount of silk, so they would sell it. Who in a truly big family would sell silk easily, even the Xia family is no exception."
The aristocratic families are all greedy, wishing they could gain a lot from every effort, or even gain the whole world without having to pay anything.
The large-scale purchase of grain, salt and iron has led to rising prices. This cannot be concealed anyway, so it will attract the attention of the government.
What further confirmed the government was the massive selling of silk.
Nowadays, silk can completely replace copper coins and be used as currency. Selling silk is really crazy.
Either he was too impatient, or he didn't take silk seriously at all. Either way, this kind of thing is heart-stopping.
"However, the Yuezhou Governor's Mansion, the Hangzhou Governor's Mansion, and the Wuzhou Governor's Mansion all sent people to investigate, but in the end nothing was found." Li Xuan looked at Du Liu, who was only a few feet away and had a fair face, and said: " So, are those people really in Dongyang, or are they still just like other smoke bombs?"
"It's true that it's hidden in Dongyang." Du Liu gave a direct answer. Li Xuan was slightly stunned, and then listened to her seriously.
"Just a few days ago, a case occurred in Dongyang County. Sihu Canjun, a subordinate of the Dongyang Chief Registrar, suddenly died of illness. However, after repeated inspections of the body in Wuzhou, it was discovered that Sihu Canjun actually died of a golden needle pricking his brain. Above and beyond medical skills."
Li Xuan's face immediately became solemn. Dongyang Sihu joined the army and was murdered. This is a very important matter.
Especially now that the summer harvest is about to begin, if you are not careful, the summer harvest event will be shaken.
Tomorrow, tomorrow he will leave Wuzhou and stay in Zhuji for half a day. In the evening, he will arrive in Dongyang.
Dongyang and Wuzhou are his territory.
