Chapter 66 Missed
That afternoon, Li Wei was finally coming to Beiping with Ye Zitong. Peiping is today's Beijing, the former capital of the Yuan Dynasty. In the early years of Hongwu, Xu Da led his army north to drive Emperor Shun of Yuan out of the Central Plains and occupied Dadu. Zhu Yuanzhang then changed Dadu to Beiping and ordered the fire to burn the palace of Beiping. The prosperity of the Yuan Dynasty's 90 years was finally destroyed by the raging fire in Xinming.
More than twenty years have passed, and the former Beiping has gradually recovered its vitality from the riddled holes and has become one of the top cities north of the Yellow River. Beiping is also the location of the Yan Prince's Mansion. Like other vassal kings, the Beiping Mansion has its own prefect and is responsible to the court. Apart from military power, the Yan Prince cannot interfere in the administrative and criminal prisons in Peking.
Li Wei and Ye Zitong were riding horses and slowly walking in a small town in the suburbs. There were few pedestrians on both sides, and most of the shops were closed. Li Wei was lying his head, wondering what he was looking for?
Ye Zitong pulled up the gauze on her hat and looked at the sky. The sun had already set in the west. She couldn't help but urged: "Dalang, the scenery along the way is normal. Haven't you seen enough yet?"
"Who said I was looking at the scenery? Have you forgotten what I was looking for?"
Ye Zitong remembered that when he was at the intersection just now, he asked an old farmer where the Yan Prince's Mansion was. The old farmer pointed here and it turned out that he was looking for the Yan Prince's Mansion. Ye Zitong saw that the houses on both sides were dilapidated and the road was dusty and there was no green at all, so he couldn't help but mutter: "Do you think a royal mansion would be in such a broken place?"
"That's true!" Li Weizheng patted his neck, which was already sore, and remembered that they hadn't eaten lunch, so he apologized and said, "Okay! I'll find an inn to stay in the city first, and then have a good meal."
Hearing his lover obeyed his opinion, Ye Zitong couldn't help but smile and said, "I heard that the roast duck in Peking is particularly famous, so I've long wanted to have a big meal."
When she turned around, Li Weizheng disappeared. She hurriedly searched around and finally found that he ran to find another family to find out where the Yan Prince's Mansion was. Ye Zitong couldn't help but pout, "Do these men just don't understand women like this?"
At this time, Li Weizheng had already found out the exact news, and he urged him to step forward and said, "The Yan Palace is not far ahead, it is a must-pass place for the official road."
Seeing that he was very careful, Ye Zitong asked, "Is the eldest brother worried about Han Danding's other subordinate?"
Li Weizheng nodded and said, "I am indeed a little worried. Although I know that the possibility of encountering this person is very small, I still have to be careful. The Yan Palace is in Peiping, so we can't be careless at all."
Although Ye Zitong was very tired, she could understand her love's caution. She thought for a while and said, "Dalang, since there are possible risks, I suggest that we should not spend the night in Peking and go south directly."
Li Wei had this intention and immediately accepted her suggestion. He accelerated the speed, and the two of them gradually left the town one after another.
Walking forward, the green gradually increased, the trees were lush and the green shade was thick. At this time, the Yan Palace was a must-pass place for the official road. Li Weizheng finally saw it from afar. On a high ground three miles south of the official road, there were a large area of palaces continuous, and the pavilions were spectacular. A wide dedicated road led straight to the main gate of the royal palace. In front of the main gate, there were two lion beasts standing proudly, which seemed even more majestic. Li Weizheng silently looked at the birthplace of the Jingnan nine years later. He suddenly felt like he was no longer waiting.
At this time, Ye Zitong pointed to the front and said, "Dalang, there are a group of soldiers coming from your side. Should we avoid it?"
Li Wei was looking forward with the thug curtain, and saw a group of cavalry hundreds of steps away galloping towards this side along the official road. He looked at the path leading to the Yan Palace dozens of steps ahead, and then took the horse back more than ten steps behind a big tree next to the road. He smiled at Ye Zitong: "They may be going to the royal palace. Even if they cause trouble for me, I am not afraid now, but it is best not to meet."
In the blink of an eye, the knights arrived more than thirty steps ahead of them, with a total of about twenty cavalry. What is strange is that there was a monk in the middle, as if he was the leader of this group of cavalry. The group of people did go to the Yan Palace and rushed to the fork in front of them. They turned to the Yan Palace and rushed to the Yan Palace.
But after walking dozens of steps, a man's sharp eyes saw Li Weizheng's horse. He pointed at Li Weizheng and said a few words. The group of people turned around and slowly surrounded him.
"Hey! That man, where did you get your horse?"
The monk was talking. Seeing that Li Weizheng's horse was extremely tall and majestic, Li Weizheng was wearing an ordinary dress. His eyes couldn't help but show a look of confusion. The horse Li Weizheng was riding was the mount of the mount of the Grand Marshal of Beiyuan, and Zhu Di specially rewarded him. The horse was red all over, about one meter long, with long four hooves, strong muscles, and without a single hair on his body. It was an extremely rare thousand-mile horse.
Li Weizheng didn't seem to hear his question. The monk in the Yan Prince's Mansion seemed to have thought of something. But he couldn't remember it for a moment. Seeing that Li Weizheng didn't say anything, Ye Zitong next to him replied loudly: "We bought this horse in the horse market. What does it have to do with you?"
The monk suddenly sneered, "You woman really can't lie. Don't say that there is no Mongolian horse market now. Even if there is a rural horse market, who dares to sell military horses? I think you should be honest, where did this horse come from? Who are you?"
Speaking of the last sentence, his voice suddenly became stern. With a wave of his hand, the twenty soldiers behind him immediately surrounded them, slowly unsheathed their swords, and then he waited for an order to kill people. At this time, Li Wei was already remembering who he was? Yao Guangxiao, Zhu Di's chief adviser, Fa Ming Daoyan.
He smiled slightly and said, "Master Daoyan, do you suspect that we are Mongolian spies?"
The monk was Yao Guangxiao. When Li Weizheng knew him, he was stunned. He looked at Li Weizheng and asked, "Who are you? Have I seen you?"
Li Wei did not dare to take out the Jinyiwei waist card engraved with his name, but took out the dagger given to him by Zhu Di from his skin, and flashed in front of his eyes, "If you know it, don't ask anything!"
Of course, Yao Guangxiao knew this dagger. Seeing that the thing that King Yan had loved had reached Li Wei's forehand, he was extremely surprised. He did not dare to act rashly and ordered the soldiers to make way. Li Wei was whipping Ye Zitong's horse. The two rushed out together. Yao Guangxiao asked from a distance: "Sir, your surname is your sir?"
"I'm sorry, I can't say that you can ask His Highness the King of Yan, he knows!" Li Weizheng's horse had reached three hundred steps away, and yellow dust was flying, and their figures gradually faded away.
"Master, have you let them go?" An officer next to him looked at the horse and asked unwillingly.
Yao Guangxiao stared at Li Weizheng's back and disappeared, shook his head gently and said, "This man rides a divine horse and has a token of the prince. He is not an ordinary person, it must be related to the prince. We will ask the prince again in the future, don't offend people easily now, do you know?"
Yao Guangxiao had just returned from Zhending Mansion to urge grain. He was still unclear about many things. He did not dare to act recklessly, so he said to everyone: "Let's go back to the royal mansion first."
Everyone ran back to the palace of Yan and entered the high wall through the side door. Yao Guangxiao was from Suzhou Prefecture, with a layman surname. Guangxiao was actually named after Zhu Di later ascended the throne. Although he became a monk, he had a strong interest in the government. He had always been looking for his own opportunities. He knew that there was no future in Zhu Yuanzhang's hands. His hopes were placed on the second generation of Emperor Ming. Unlike others who believed in orthodox and pursued the crown prince Zhu Biao, Yao Guangxiao was determined to create a new emperor of the Ming Dynasty. After observing for several years, his eyes fell on the King of Yan Zhu Di. He believed that Zhu Di was deeply wise, knew people and accepted words, had great talents and strategies, and regarded him as a hero.
In the fifteenth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang selected high-ranking monks to serve the kings and recite scriptures and blessings for the late Queen Ma. He was also among the candidates for high-ranking monks. Yao Guangxiao realized that the opportunity had come. He used all means to get to Zhu Di and expressed his ambitions bluntly. Zhu Di knew people with keen eyes and gradually used them to him. In the end, Yao Guangxiao became the chief adviser of King Yan Zhu Di.
In the following years, many major political conspiracies were planned by him. At the beginning of this year, Yao Guangxiao took advantage of the opportunity of the Qin King assassination of the prince in Dingyuan County and sent people to help the fire and blame Lan Yu. He then participated in the battle for the prince's letters and instigated the King of Qi to come forward. Han Danding, who was lurking beside the King of Chu, was behind, which not only hid the figure of King Yan, but also ended up laughing. All of this was fully responsible and planned the entire action plan.
As soon as Yao Guangxiao entered the door, a man came down to report, "The person sent by Han Qianhu arrived yesterday."
Hearing that Han Danding had sent someone, he immediately threw the reins aside and asked anxiously: "How could he arrive yesterday? How did Han Danding?"
"Han Qianhu didn't come, it was just his subordinates." The subordinate hesitated and said again: "I heard from him that it seems that what the master wants is still in Han Qianhu's hands."
"Don't say it, bring someone to me first."
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The monk's room was filled with cigarette smoke, and behind the curtains, the glass-glazed gold-body Buddha statue was enshrined. The huge rosewood couch was empty, with a cushion, and a wooden fish was placed on the small table next to it. Han calmly knelt on the ground nervously, looking at the master's face from time to time.
Yao Guangxiao was sitting on the cushion. He had already changed into an ordinary kapok robe and was carefully reading a copy of the letter copied by Han Danding. There was no expression on his face. In fact, there were storms in his heart. Lan Yu said that the King of Yan had ambition to compile the position. This was not the first time. The prince had advised the King of Yan, but Lan Yu actually advised Zhu Biao to ascend the throne as soon as possible to eliminate the ambition of the King of Yan. This is worthy of fun. What does it mean to ascend the throne as soon as possible? Isn’t this a change of seizing the sect? In the reply, the prince also spoke in a humble manner and did not severely denounce Lan Yu for his deception. What does this mean that the Prince Zhu Biao also had this intention.
Yao Guangxiao's hands began to tremble. He realized the significance of the letter. He put it down and immediately asked: "Where is the original one?"
The original version is the key to the problem. If you give Zhu Yuanzhang the copy, the King of Yan will only cause trouble for himself. The sender said tremblingly: "Report to Master, the original version is still in the hands of Han Qianhu. I don't know where he is now?"
"What!" Yao Guangxiao's face suddenly sank. What does Han Danding mean? Do you want to take credit for it alone?
"Who did you grab the letter from? Is it Zhao Wuji?" he continued to ask without saying a word.
"No! No!" the sender replied hurriedly: "This letter was finally taken away by the person sent by the prince, and we got it from him."
'Crown Prince's subordinate?' Yao Guangxiao frowned. He knew that the prince sent Yu Ping to win the letter, but Yu Ping was very mediocre. How could he be Zhao Wuji's opponent? "Did you say that Yu Ping had seized the letter?" He asked a little disbelief.
"It's not Yu Ping, it's another person sent by the prince. A young man named Li Weizheng, who finally seized the letter. He divided the letter into two, Yu Ping took half of it, but he hid in Wudang Mountain. After we hunted Yu Ping with Zhao Wuji, Zhao Wuji chased the capital all the way, but Han Qianhu inferred that he would not return to Beijing, maybe he was hiding in Wudang Mountain. We rushed there and indeed won the letter."
Yao Guangxiao walked a few steps behind his back. He knew that Han Danding must have gone to King Yan to seek credit, but this letter is of great importance. How could others be willing to do so? Never have another accident on the road. He finally couldn't hold back his anger, and then threw his cassock and said, "Prepare the horse, I want to come out of seclusion immediately!"
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Chapter completed!